Secretary of State John Kerry Cuts Europe Trip Short After Breaking Leg
By MICHAEL R. GORDON

GENEVA — Secretary of State John Kerry plans to cut short his trip to Europe after breaking a leg while bicycling on Sunday and will return to Boston for medical treatment.

The State Department said that Mr. Kerry’s bike struck a curb while he was cycling near Scionzier, France. He never lost consciousness and was taken to a hospital in Geneva, where he was staying overnight.

Mr. Kerry, 71, had been scheduled to fly to Madrid on Sunday afternoon for an official visit there. He was then set to travel to Paris for a meeting on Tuesday of foreign ministers from the coalition the United States has assembled to confront the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

Those travel plans have been canceled, but Mr. Kerry expects to participate in the Paris event by videoconference.

John Kirby, a State Department spokesman, said that the secretary would return to the United States in “an aircraft outfitted to ensure he remains comfortable and stable throughout the flight.” He added, “Its use is nothing more than a prudent medical step on the advice of physicians.” Aides and reporters traveling with the secretary flew back to Washington on his plane.

Mr. Kerry has kept a grueling pace as the United States’ chief diplomat. According to the State Department, he has visited 63 countries and traveled for 356 days since becoming secretary of state.

Mr. Kerry had been planning an active month of diplomacy, including extensive travel to meet with Iranian officials in Europe, to try to conclude an accord limiting Iran’s nuclear program by a June 30 deadline. On Saturday, Mr. Kerry met here for six hours with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. It was not clear how quickly he would be able to resume his travel schedule.

Mr. Kerry’s previous effort to negotiate the outline of that agreement in March and early April involved marathon negotiation sessions in Lausanne that went through the night.

He had left Sunday morning open in case his Saturday talks with the Iranians were extended. But those talks ended Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday morning Mr. Kerry decided to cycle a route that had been part of the Tour de France using a bicycle that he had brought with him.

Agence France-Presse, quoting French officials, said that Mr. Kerry had coordinated the cycling trip with the local authorities. Mr. Kerry fell as he was riding at a low speed at the start of a challenging climb up the Col de la Colombière, the report said.

Reporters traveling with the secretary of state were not with him at the time of the accident. They were informed about it more than 90 minutes later, after Mr. Kerry had been taken to the hospital and was being evaluated there.

“Secretary Kerry broke his right femur in a bicycling accident this morning in Scionzier, France,” Mr. Kirby, the State Department spokesman, said in a statement. “Given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston today to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital with his doctor who did the prior surgery.”

The statement added that Mr. Kerry was in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery.

美國務卿柯瑞 騎單車摔斷腿

美國國務卿柯瑞卅一日在靠近瑞士日內瓦的法國邊境內騎自行車時摔斷右大腿骨送醫。他正在歐洲進行四國訪問旅程，決定中斷行程，返回美國波士頓就醫。

美國國務院發言人柯比表示，柯瑞不慎撞上路邊摔下自行車，摔車後一直意識清醒，由一架直升機送往日內瓦最大醫院「日內瓦大學醫院」就醫，狀況穩定。柯瑞接受Ｘ光檢查發現右大腿骨斷裂。另一位國務院官員表示，柯瑞是在遭遇一個彎道時摔車。

西方國家與伊朗試圖在六月卅日最後期限前，就伊朗核子問題達成全面性協議。意外發生前一天，柯瑞與伊朗外長札里夫於日內瓦一家飯店舉行閉門會談六小時，因雙方立場仍南轅北轍，會談並未延續到第二天。

七十一歲的柯瑞原定卅一日稍晚啟程前往西班牙會晤國王與總理，再赴法國停留兩天，出席討論對抗激進組織「伊斯蘭國」的國際會議。

柯瑞的騎車意外發生於法國阿爾卑斯山區的席昂齊耶鎮附近。柯瑞從事外交旅行時，經常在警車陪同下，騎自行車運動，今年三月底四月初在瑞士洛桑談判伊朗核子問題時，也趁空騎了數回。

柯比說：「柯瑞摔斷右大腿骨 ，因為受傷處和他之前動臀部手術的位置十分靠近，他將在今天（卅一日）返回波士頓，前往麻州綜合醫院，讓之前替他動手術的醫生為他治療。」

柯比一再強調，柯瑞精神良好，沒有生命危險，預料日後能完全康復。

原文參照：
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/us/politics/secretary-of-state-john-kerry-flown-to-swiss-hospital-after-bike-crash.html

紐約時報中文版翻譯
http://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20150601/c01kerry/zh-hant/

2015-06-01．聯合報．A13．國際．編譯王麗娟