Mihos recovering after fall on ice

By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff

Republican gubernatorial candidate Christy Mihos was knocked unconscious Tuesday night after slipping on the ice outside the Hyannis headquarters of his convenience store chain, Christy's.

Christy Mihos

He suffered cuts on his head, face, and left hand, and broke some teeth. An employee found him, though he said he can't remember the details. He drove himself to Cape Cod Hospital's emergency room, where he was admitted and put through a battery of tests -- all negative. He was discharged after a few hours.

"It was stupid for me to drive myself to the hospital," he said. "I don't remember what or how I got there. I don't remember much."

The employee who found him said she tried to roust him when he was on the ground. "I kept screaming 'Christy, Christy, can you hear me? He got up and was totally out of it,'" said the employee, who asked not to be identified.

After coming to, Mihos decided to drive himself to the emergency room. "I wanted to yank the keys but he wouldn't listen," the employee said. "He said, `I'm fine. Don't slip.'" Today, she said, her boss "looks like he was in a really big fight. I would have hid."

Mihos, who ran unsuccessfully for governor as an independent in 2006, is now vying for the GOP nomination against former Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charles Baker. State Treasurer Timothy Cahill, running as an independent, is also seeking to unseat Governor Deval Patrick.