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Apr 15, 2007 1:14 pm US/Eastern

Doctors Remove Fluid Near Gov. Corzine's Lung

CAMDEN, N.J. (CBS/AP) ― Gov. Jon Corzine remains in critical condition Sunday after doctors performed what was described as a "routine procedure" to remove fluid that had collected outside his left lung.

Corzine's family also visited with the governor Sunday and are "pleased" with his progress, said Anthony Coley, a spokesman for the governor, who said Corzine is also beginning to recognize people.

The governor was critically injured Thursday when his SUV crashed on the Garden State Parkway, after his vehicle was hit by another vehicle that swerved to avoid a pickup truck, sending the governor's SUV into a guard rail.

The governor was taken by helicopter to Cooper University Hospital in Camden suffering from a broken femur bone, a broken sternum, 12 broken ribs, a head laceration and a minor fracture on a lower vertebra, according to doctors.

The governor has already undergone two surgeries on his badly broken leg and is expected to undergo a third on Monday.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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