Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher fighting for life after ski accident

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is “fighting for his life” and is being kept in an artificial coma after suffering brain injuries as a result of a skiing accident in the French Alps, doctors in the city of Grenoble, France said Monday. Schumacher, who won a record seven F1 world titles and retired from the sport for a second time in 2012, fell and hit his head on a rock while skiing off-piste with his son at the Meribel resort Sunday. The 44-year-old German was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Moutiers before being transferred to a clinic in Grenoble. “He had some lesions in his brain when he came in” and “we had to operate on him urgently to release some pressure,” one of the doctors treating him in Grenoble told reporters. Schumacher was wearing a helmet at the time, but nevertheless suffered injuries to the right side of his brain and is critical. – Associated Press