 Crash sent both men into Smith Lake. The younger Gudger was not seriously injured. Senator Gudger was airlifted to a Birmingham hospital where his mother says he has had surgery on his spleen. Dot Gudger says her son is doing remarkably well, although he is in pain. The lawmaker's wife, Heather, appealing for prayers and thanked everyone who assisted in the accident and at the hospital. I'm Jim Faraday.