translated from Spanish: German pilot who suffered a horrific accident was operated with success

the young German driver, Sophia Flörsch, will remain entered one or two weeks in the hospital of Macao which was operated after the spectacular accident that his cold in the great award of Formula 3 played on Sunday. The clinic said today in a statement that the 17 year old, is “stable and can move all four limbs without any neurologic deficit”. “You will be in the hospital a week or two more to observe how evolves”, added the hospital. The pilot suffered a fracture of the seventh cervical vertebra, without damage to the spinal cord in the accident. The operation on Monday lasted about 11 hours. His team, the Van Amerfoort Racing, said today on Facebook removed a bone chip “that was dangerously close to the spinal cord”. “The first signs allow to glimpse a positive recovery.” Florsch lost control of his car on turn 4 of the final proof of the Formula 3 with such bad luck that struck the car of Sho Tsuboi before leaving catapulted. The German, who traveled to more than 250 kilometers per hour, flew beyond the security barriers and crashed into a fence. Four others were injured: the pilot, Tsuboi, two photographers and an operator of the track. All are aware and you have just entered one of the photographers and the operator. The accident is being investigated by the international motoring Federation (FIA).

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