German minister admitted: Unconscious and broken nose

Germany's economics minister Peter Altmaier has a broken nose and was temporarily unconscious after falling on the way down from the stage to a conference in D

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
31 October 2019 Thursday 00:00
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German minister admitted: Unconscious and broken nose

Germany's economics minister Peter Altmaier has a broken nose and was temporarily unconscious after falling on the way down from the stage to a conference in Dortmund.

It writes Bloomberg.

Peter Altmaier. Photo: Bernd Thissen/Ritzau Scanpix

He is now been admitted to a hospital, the minister should have got more bruises in face in addition to the broken nose. The decrease was due to the 61-year-old minister lost your footing on the way down the stairs.

'Under the circumstances does he well', writes the ministry of economic affairs in a written reply to Bloomberg.

After the fall, the audience is asked to leave the room, after which the minister received the treatment behind the carpets and the German minister was taken to the hospital in an ambulance for further treatment.

Photo credit: Ina Fassbender/Ritzau Scanpix

the Minister was on the stage for a conference on the government's digital strategy.

Peter Altmaier is a member of Angela Merkel's ruling party CDU. He has, since 2005, among other things, served as minister of finance, minister of the environment and the minister of the interior.

Updated: 31.10.2019 00:00