Schumacher in critical condition after ski accident

Tuesday, 30 Dec, 2013 0

Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher is in a “critical condition” after a skiing accident in the French ski resort of Meribel.

The seven-time champion was skiing off piste with his son when the accident happened. He was wearing a helmet.

According to the BBC, the 44-year-old German “was suffering a serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival” at a hospital in Grenoble.

It is believed he fell and hit his head against a rock.

According to resort officials, he was still conscious when he was helped by two ski patrollers who requested helicopter evacuation to the nearby valley town of Moutiers.

He was then moved to the bigger hospital at Grenoble. His wife Corinna and children are with him.



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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