Albrecht still comatose 10 days after crash

By Published On: February 2nd, 2009Comments Off on Albrecht still comatose 10 days after crash

Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht is still in an induced coma and on artificial respiration 10 days after a training crash at Kitzbuehel’s downhill course Jan. 22.Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht is still in an induced coma and on artificial respiration 10 days after a training crash at Kitzbuehel’s downhill course Jan. 22.

A spokesman at Innsbruck University hospital said today the 25 year-old racing star “has not improved, … and was put into a deeper coma again.”

Albrecht’s lungs have been stressed by some minor bleeding and remain inflamed, though the bleeding had been stopped and he had stabilized.

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