Michael Schumacher, 44, was taken to hospital following a skiing accident in the French Alps. The hospital has confirmed that the former world motor racing champion has suffered serious head injury and he is in a critical conditon fighting for this life.
Michael Schumacher's Management says he has a head trauma and is in a coma and required immediate neurorogial treatment. His wife and children are by his bed side.
The head of the Méribel ski resort, where Schumacher was skiing with his 14-year-old son, told Radio Monte Carlo that 44-year-old Schumacher was taken to hospital by helicopter after falling and striking his head on a rock at 11.07am local time.
Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte said rescuers reached him eight minutes later. "He was in shock, somewhat agitated, but conscious" when he was taken to the nearest hospital at Moûtiers, said Gernigon-Lecomte.
He was moved shortly afterwards to Grenoble hospital. The Dauphiné Libéré newspaper reported that he was suffering from a "severe brain trauma" but that his injuries were "not life threatening".
Authorities said he was wearing a helmet when skiing close to one of the resort's most difficult pistes, reserved for the world's most accomplished skiers.
The former Formula 1 champion fell while off piste under la Dent de Burgin, located between the extremely difficult pistes of La Biche and Mauduit. The latter is named after the former French skiing champion Georges Mauduit.
The German driver retired for the final time in 2012 after a three-season Formula One comeback with Mercedes.
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