Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest serving member of Congress, was hospitalized Saturday afternoon after being injured in a car crash. Hall suffered a hip injury as well as minor cuts and bruises.

The 91-year-old Texas Republican was airlifted to a hospital in Plano, Texas, for treatment, according to a statement from his office.

Paramedics said Hall was conscious and joking with them as they airlifted him to Medical Center of Plano.

Hospital spokeswoman Joy Dover said that Hall is in stable condition.

Hall was leaving a nearby county parade when a car turned in front of the vehicle he was riding in. Neither driver was injured. Hall was being driven by friend Howard Zielke, 73, south on Texas 121 when 23-year-old Zachary Bohannon turned left in front of Hall’s vehicle, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said. Hall and Zielke had just attended the Fannin County Parade.

Hall had returned to Texas on Friday from Washington, D.C., a weekend routine Hall has maintained during 32 years in Congress.

The cause of the collision is under investigation.

Hall has served in the House since 1981. He is the oldest-ever member of the House of Representatives, at 91. In May, he was defeated by U.S. Attorney John Ratcliffe, a fellow Republican, in a runoff election after failing to garner 50 percent of the vote in a primary. His current and final term is his 17th in Congress. Along with retiring Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., Hall is one of two World War II veterans remaining in Congress.

When asked what he would do after his defeat, Hall told Fox News he might “go work at Wal-Mart. I have to have a job.”