Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush breaks bone in neck

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush broke a bone in his neck Wednesday when he fell at his summer home in the state of Maine, his spokesman Jim McGrath said.

But the condition of Bush, 91, was stable after the fall at his home in Kennebunkport, McGrath said in a tweet, adding that the former president would be in a neck brace. He was rushed to a hospital in Portland about 45 minutes away for treatment.

Bush, the oldest living former U.S. president, is suffering from a lower-body Parkinson's disease which has forced him to use a wheelchair since 2011. He was hospitalized in Houston, Texas in December for a week for treatment of breath shortness.

Bush, the 41st U.S. president and father of former President George W. Bush, served two terms as vice president under President Ronald Reagan before winning the presidential race in 1988. Enditem