JONES LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION
* 04/08/99
The Ottawa Sun
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George Jones is back in the hospital, two weeks after being released
following a near-fatal car crash.
The country singer was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center
on Tuesday and was listed in fair condition.
"He was readmitted to Vanderbilt for an irregular heartbeat," said
Wes Vause, spokesman for Asylum Records, Jones' record company. "They
think it could be due to dehydration."
Jones, 67, spent two weeks at Vanderbilt after nearly dying March 6
when he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a bridge near his
Franklin, Tenn., home. He went home March 19.
* Famed for country music hits like He Stopped Loving Her Today, Jones
suffered a collapsed lung and severely lacerated liver in the crash.
Friends said it happened because a distracted Jones was talking on a
cellular phone and adjusting his cassette deck.
A half-empty half-pint of vodka was found in the wreckage. A grand
jury will consider next month whether Jones will face charges.
