State Lawmaker Hurt In Crash

Thu., Dec. 12, 1996

From Staff And Wire Reports

State Rep. Christian Zimmerman, the former TWA pilot who was a hostage of Mideast terrorists in the mid-1980s, was critically injured Wednesday when the car he was driving hit a horse.

Officials said Zimmerman, who took office just last week as a newly elected Republican state representative from Cascade, was flown from Cascade to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.

A hospital spokeswoman said Zimmerman was in intensive care suffering from facial and head injuries. She said he had not undergone surgery yet, but the office of House Speaker Michael Simpson said it had been advised that Zimmerman would undergo facial reconstructive surgery today.

The Valley County Sheriff’s office declined to immediately disclose any details of the accident.

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