Author to make full recovery

Perth - New York-based author and art critic Robert Hughes (60) is expected to make a full recovery after being seriously injured…

Perth - New York-based author and art critic Robert Hughes (60) is expected to make a full recovery after being seriously injured in a car crash in Western Australia's isolated north-west, his family said yesterday.

He suffered multiple fractures to his right leg and ribs, a broken sternum and some soft tissue damage.

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