Macartney released from hospital

INNSBRUCK, Austria — American skier Scott Macartney was released from a hospital Wednesday, four days after he suffered a concussion and was placed in a medically induced coma following a crash during a World Cup downhill race.
    Macartney, 30, has flown home to Salt Lake City, where he was to undergo follow-up neurological tests.
    Klaus Lottersberger, spokesman for the Innsbruck clinic that treated Macartney, said the swelling was down and the skier was healing well. Macartney was clocked at 87 mph when he crashed Saturday in Kitzbuehel.American skier Scott Macartney was released from a hospital Wednesday, four days after he suffered a concussion and was placed in a medically induced coma following a crash during a World Cup downhill race.
    Macartney, 30, has flown home to Salt Lake City, where he was to undergo follow-up neurological tests.
    Klaus Lottersberger, spokesman for the Innsbruck clinic that treated Macartney, said the swelling was down and the skier was healing well. Macartney was clocked at 87 mph when he crashed Saturday in Kitzbuehel.
    The race was interrupted for half an hour after Macartney, the second skier, lost his balance at the final jump and fell on his head. The impact broke his helmet. He briefly lost consciousness and organizers said at the time he had a brain contusion.
    He was flown to Innsbruck, where doctors placed him in a coma, from which he awoke on Sunday. – Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press