Attorney General Kathleen Kane says effects linger from October car crash

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) -- A neurologist told Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Thursday that she can't come back to work in her Harrisburg office until Nov. 24, more than a month after she sustained a concussion in a motor vehicle accident, Kane's spokeswoman said.

Renee Martin said the neurologist confirmed Kane's concussion, adjusted her medication and said she can return to the office in 11 days, "as tolerable." She has been working from her Scranton-area home since shortly after the Oct. 21 wreck.

Through Martin, Kane declined a request for an interview.

The written statement said she continues to have headaches, nausea and fatigue and her back and neck remain sore.

Her neck and back pain has gotten worse, and Kane has undergone physical therapy. She had an MRI and physical therapy on Thursday.

Two of her agents also were injured when the driver made a turn and struck a parked car in the northeastern Pennsylvania borough of Dunmore. Martin's written statement said agents Robert Ruddy, who was driving, and Patrick Reese, are being treated for injuries they sustained in the early morning wreck.

Martin said the office would not release any more details about the injuries to Ruddy and Reese.

Police said Ruddy told them he took his eyes off the road to pick up a fallen iPad from the floor just before he hit the unoccupied, parked vehicle.

Kane, a back-seat passenger in the state-leased vehicle, was not wearing a seatbelt and struck the window with her head.