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AP NewsA recently retired U.S. senator from Wyoming was hospitalized after a bicycle accident.
The accident Friday night (July 23rd) sent Mike Enzi, 77, to a hospital, where he was stabilized before being sent to a hospital in Colorado, son Brad Enzi tweeted Saturday.
“One of the best basketball fans in the country needs giant prayers tonight after a bike wreck and life flight last night,” read the tweet.
Enzi as of Saturday night (July 24th) was sedated in a hospital in Loveland, Colorado.
Reached by phone, officials at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, didn’t immediately have an update on Enzi’s condition Monday.
Enzi, a Republican, retired in January after four terms as senator.
He previously was mayor of Gillette, where he owned a shoe store.
Cynthia Lummis, a Republican former congresswoman and state treasurer, was elected in November to succeed Enzi in the Senate.