Alex de Angelis Seriously Injured At Motegi
| October 10, 2015
Photography by Gold & Goose
Former MotoGP podium finisher and current Ioda team rider Alex de Angelis will be held under close observation following a serious crash during Free Practice 4 for the Japanese MotoGP.
de Angelis received lengthy medical treatment at the scene of his crash and was airlifted to hospital. After a CT scan he was later diagnosed with a lung contusion, several rib fractures, as well as fractures to the T7-T8-T9 vertebrae, a body fracture to L4 and trasversal process fractures to T2, T4 and T8.
MotoGP medical director, Michele Macchiagodena also confirmed de Angelis had suffered a concussion and will remain under observation over the coming days.
“There’s a thoracic trauma with bilateral ribs fracture, on the left and the right,” Dr Macchiagodena said in a statement. “He also suffered a head concussion – the CT scan doesn’t demonstrate any damage or bleeding but it still requires him to remain under observation for the next days. However, what needs more attention is the fact he sustained a lung contusion – we’ll have to monitor it closely to make sure it doesn’t lead to restricted breathing or any kind of infection. The early checks also report five fractured vertebrae, from which three seem to affect the body of the vertebrae. As of now there’s no neurological damage but we’ll have to make sure those fractures are stable so the medulla isn’t affected. For now it needs to be observed closely in order to determine if surgery can be avoided.”
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