Todd Palin Suffered Collapsed Lung, Multiple Fractures In Snowmobile Crash

Todd Palin attends NBCUniversal's 2012 Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin has given more details on the injuries her husband suffered in a snowmobile accident in Alaska, saying he remains hospitalized with a collapsed lung, fractured ribs, and a broken clavicle and shoulder blade.

The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee said in a Facebook post late Monday that Todd Palin was in intensive care. She said he was going back into surgery to repair multiple fractures.

She described her 51-year-old husband as tough, saying that “once he’s cognizant, he’ll probably ask docs to duct tape him up and he’ll call it good.”

Todd Palin’s father, Jim, says the Sunday night crash happened about 70 miles north of the Palins’ hometown of Wasilla.

Sarah Palin thanked supporters for their prayers, saying she appreciates the respect for her family’s privacy.

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  1. And she didn’t get on plane back until late the following day? Weird.

  2. He’ll be fine once he gets his BAC back up to normal (± .20), doncha know. He ought to be back to Birthday Brawling in no time, also.

  3. You have to one dumb SOB to travel 70 miles on a snowmobile just to get some strange.

  4. Aw shucks…what a shame.

  5. Snooky Palin: I will go back to nursing him and fulfilling my wifely christian duties as soon as I am done with my TV appearances. I think Obamacare is going to kill him.

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