Gov. Fordice Out of Hospital After Wreck

Gov. Kirk Fordice was released from a hospital, nearly four weeks after he was severely injured when his Jeep veered off a highway, rolled and caught fire. “He said that he has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday,” said an aide, Heath Hall. Fordice, 62, was treated at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson for smoke inhalation, cuts, broken bones and a bruised heart and lung. He also had shoulder surgery. Fordice was injured Nov. 5 when his Jeep ran off Interstate 55 north of Grenada. He was alone; state troopers assigned to accompany him in another vehicle were several miles ahead of him.