FANNIN COUNTY, TX -- Texas DPS says U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall is in the hospital after a two-vehicle accident in Fannin County Saturday afternoon. 
 
 Troopers say it happened around 2:50 p.m. on State Highway 121 in Trenton. 
 
 DPS says Trenton resident, 23-year-old Zachary Bohannon, was attempting to turn onto CR 4545 when he collided with the vehicle Hall was riding passenger in. 
 
 We are told Hall was air lifted to Medical Center of Plano in serious condition, but has since been upgraded to stable condition. Hall's office says the Congressman suffered a hip injury and suffered minor cuts and bruises, but that he's expected to make a full recovery. 
 
 Hall's driver was taken to a McKinney hospital. 
 
 Troopers say Bohannon was not injured. 
 
 The accident is under investigation. 
 
 Hall is Texas' 4th District Congressman and was first elected to Congress in 1980. The 91-year-old, World War II veteran, is the oldest serving Congressman to date. 
 
 In May, he was defeated by John Ratcliffe in the Republican primary runoff. 
 
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 PLANO — U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall remained hospitalized on Sunday after being injured in a car accident in Fannin County on Saturday. 
 
 Hall — who at age 91 is the oldest serving member of Congress — was airlifted by Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter ambulance to Medical Center of Plano for treatment. He was said to be conscious and joking with paramedics on the trip after suffering a hip injury and minor cuts and bruises. 
 
 A hospital official said the politician was later transferred from the emergency room to a hospital room where he was said to be in fair and stable condition on Sunday following unspecified surgery. 
 
 According to preliminary information, Hall had just attended the Fannin County Fair Parade in downtown Bonham. He was a passenger in a vehicle that was struck by another car on Highway 121 just south of Bonham on Saturday afternoon. The accident site is about 22 miles northeast of McKinney. 
 
 Neither driver was injured. Hall was expected to make a full recovery. 
 
 Rep. Ralph Hall was returning from the Fannin County Fair Parade when another vehicle pulled out in front of his Saturday. WFAA 
 
 Units from the Trenton and Bonham fire departments responded to the scene. Photos showed the crash involved a gray Ford SUV and a red sedan. 
 
 Hall lost a District 4 primary challenge in a Republican runoff election in May. He is scheduled to leave office in January after serving 17 consecutive terms. 
 
 VIDEO: Rep. Hall discusses losing primary runoff 
 
 According to his official biography, Hall was born in the Rockwall County community of Fate, Texas in 1923. He served as a pilot aboard an aircraft carrier in World War II. 
 
 After the war, Hall attended SMU and earned a law degree, serving in private practice until his wife urged him to run for public office. 
 
 Hall was Rockwall County Judge from 1950-62 and followed that as a Texas State Senator from 1962-72. 
 
 He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1980 and has served continuously since then. He switched to the Republican party in 2004. 
 
 Hall has three sons and five grandchildren. His wife, Mary Ellen Murphy, died in 2008. They had been married for 64 years. 
 
 Family members declined to speak with media Saturday night about the incident, a decision relayed by a hospital representative. 
 
 WFAA.com editor Walt Zwirko contributed to this report 
 
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– The oldest-ever serving member of the House of Representatives is in the hospital following a car accident. Rep. Ralph Hall of Texas, 91, is being treated in Plano, WFAA reports. He was reportedly riding in a vehicle when another hit it; afterward, he was airlifted to the hospital, and KXII reports he is in serious condition. No one else was injured in the accident, KXII notes. After losing a primary, Hall is due to leave Congress next year, WFAA reports. He was elected in 1980.