Investigators study Schumacher's ski helmet cam as he remains in coma
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| Michael Schumacher navigates a slalom course at the Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio in 2005. The seven-time Formula One world champion remains in a critical condition following a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday. The 44-year-old was reportedly wearing a helmet. Ski safety specialist Dr. Mike Langran says a helmet can never provide complete protection in all accident situations, but its use "will have substantially attenuated the injuries sustained." |
Investigators are studying the camera that was on former world champion driver Michael Schumacher's ski helmet for clues to the cause of a skiing accident that left him critically injured in a French hospital.
French media reports late
Friday suggested police had seized the camera from Schumacher's family.
It's not yet clear whether it was filming at the time of the accident.
But his manager, Sabine
Kehm, said in a statement Saturday that the family had handed the helmet
camera over to the authorities voluntarily.
"That this should have been done against the wishes of the family is untrue," she said.
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Kehm said Schumacher's condition remains critical but stable.
His doctors say no further update on his condition is expected before Monday, Kehm said.
Schumacher suffered
severe head trauma in the accident last Sunday in Meribel, in the French
Alps. He is in a medically induced coma and has undergone two
operations.
Kehm said Tuesday that
friends and family who were skiing with him say he hit a rock hidden
under deep snow and was catapulted head first onto another rock. He was
not moving fast at the time, she said.
Friday was the former
Formula 1 champion's 45th birthday, marked with a silent vigil by fans
who gathered outside the hospital in the city of Grenoble where he is
being treated.
Schumacher, the most
successful driver in Formula 1 history, won 72 Grand Prix races between
1996 and 2006 for Ferrari. The automaker posted a message on its website
Friday.
"This is a special day
for Ferrari and all its fans, as it is Michael Schumacher's birthday,"
it said. "At the moment, he is tackling the most important fight of his
life and therefore we want to send him very special wishes."
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