PORTLAND -- Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler reports on his Twitter and Facebook accounts that he has a broken back and cuts following a skiing accident at Mount Bachelor.
The T6 and T7 discs are broken, one badly compressed, he wrote. Wheeler said he expects a full recovery and has no signs of paralysis.
Though wearing a helmet, he said his wife told him he was "out cold" for five minutes.
He sent out a photo of himself resting in a hospital bed at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.
Further details were unavailable.
