Da Matta in Intensive Care (Champ Car driver)

[MaineDem]

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) -- Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta needed surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head after his race car collided with a deer that wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America on Thursday.

Da Matta was unconscious when he was airlifted to Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah after the crash, and remained unconscious as of Thursday night, Champ Car series spokesman Steve Shunck said.

Champ Car Director of Medical Affairs Dr. Chris Pinderski said a CT scan at the hospital showed that da Matta had a subdural hematoma.

"He was urgently taken to the operating room for surgical removal of the hematoma and is now being observed in the intensive care unit," Pinderski said.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/racing/08/03/damatta.crash.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories

Good luck to him. I hope he's okay soon.

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

1. Freak Accident

I heard the deer actually hit him in the head with the helmet on, not good if that's the case, I hope for a speedy recovery and return to racing in the future!