ROME — Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi was in intensive care on Friday after surgery for severe head injuries suffered in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy. Siena's Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital said in a statement that the 53-year-old Italian, who lost both legs and nearly his life in a 2001 Champ Car crash in Germany, was in a critical condition. It said the "neurosurgical and maxillo-facial intervention" began shortly after 7 pm local time (1700GMT) and ended shortly before 10 pm. "The patient was then transferred to the intensive care unit with a reserved prognosis." The Italian news agency ANSA reported sources saying the accident involved a truck on a state highway near the town of Pienza to the south-east of Siena.

Source: International New York Times June 19, 2020 17:54 UTC