Merkel on crutches after skiing accident

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cracked her pelvis during a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps and will have to cut back on her work schedule for the next three weeks.

Her spokesman said she suffered what she first thought was just a bruise to her left rear pelvic area while cross-country skiing in south-east Switzerland last month. But doctors later determined it was a “incomplete” bone fracture that will require her to rest.