ROME (AP) — Race car driver turned Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has been seriously injured again.
Police tell The Associated Press that Zanardi was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Siena following a road accident near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race for Paralympic athletes on handbikes on Friday.
A Carabinieri police official in Montepulciano said the accident involved a “heavy vehicle,” and he believed Zanardi was still alive. The official did not give his name as per local custom.
The 53-year-old Zanardi had both of his legs amputated following a horrific crash during a 2001 CART race in Germany.