車神舒馬赫於滑雪時遭逢意外性命垂危

Schumacher 'critical' after ski accident

  

(Al Jazeera [半島電視臺], Dec. 30, 2013) —Former Formula One racing world champion Michael Schumacher is in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery following a skiing accident in the French Alps, officials have said.

官員指稱，前世界一級方程式賽車冠軍麥可‧舒馬赫在法國阿爾卑斯山脈滑雪遭遇意外，並在進行腦部手術後仍處於性命堪慮的險境。

Authorities said that the seven-time world champion had been flown to hospital after he fell and hit his head on a rock at about 11:00 on Sunday.

當局表示這位七度榮獲世界冠軍頭銜的車手在當地時間星期天上午十一點時滑雪摔倒且頭部撞擊到岩石，旋即被飛機載往醫院搶救。

The 44-year-old German was "suffering a serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation," the hospital in the southeast French city of Grenoble said in a statement.

位在法國東南部格勒諾布爾市的這家醫院在聲明中提到，44歲德國籍的舒馬赫「到院前就已受到嚴重腦部創傷且陷入昏迷，需要立即進行神經外科手術」。

"He remains in a critical condition."

「他依舊尚未脫離險境」。

It is not clear whether he is still in a coma.

目前並不清楚他是否仍昏迷不醒。

The French Mountain Gendarmerie said that Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he fell at the Meribel resort.

法國山地憲兵隊回報，舒馬赫在梅瑞貝爾渡假村跌倒時，是有穿戴頭盔的。

He was admitted to hospital at the nearby town of Moutiers, before being taken to hospital in Grenoble, the Gendarmerie said.

該單位還指出，舒馬赫是先被送到事發地點鄰近的穆捷市醫院救治，再經由轉院到達格勒諾布爾市的醫療單位。

A specialist neurosurgeon from Paris was rushed in to oversee his treatment.

一位來自巴黎的神經外科醫師趕抵當地去察看舒馬赫的治療過程。

Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte, director of the Meribel resort, said he did not know the extent of the injury.

梅瑞貝爾渡假村主管，Gernigon-Lecomte解釋他並不清楚舒馬赫的傷勢程度有多嚴重。

"The police are currently conducting their investigation into the origins of the fall," Gernigon-Lecomte told French radio station RMC.

在Gernigon-Lecomte告訴法國當地廣播電臺RMC的說辭中，他提到「警方目前正在調查造成摔倒的原因」。

Gernigon-Lecomte said that Schumacher, who reportedly owns property at the resort, banged his head on a rock while skiing off-piste near the Dent de Burgin (Tooth of Burgin) chairlift.

Gernigon-Lecomte表示據報導指稱在當地擁有房產的舒馬赫，滑雪時離開了滑雪道，頭部撞擊在纜車附近的一塊岩石上。

The Meribel resort said two medical officers attended Schumacher at the scene of the accident, between the slopes of Georges Mauduit and la Biche, and he was flown by helicopter to hospital within 10 minutes.

梅瑞貝爾渡假村方面指出當時在兩個坡道間，也就是意外發生地點，有兩位醫療人員照護舒馬赫的傷勢，並在十分鐘內由直升機載運前往醫院搶救。

"No one else was involved in the fall," Gernigon-Lecomte said.

Gernigon-Lecomte指稱：「沒有其他人涉及這起摔倒意外」。

Schumacher was hurt seriously once before, in a motorcycling accident in February 2009 in Spain when he suffered neck and spine injuries.

舒馬赫先前在2009年2月於西班牙也曾出過機車的意外事故，當時他也一度受到頸部與脊椎的重傷。

He recovered sufficiently from those injuries to make a comeback in F1.

他後來康復並在一級方程式賽車中回歸賽場。

Schumacher retired from Formula One last year after a three-year comeback with Mercedes, following his earlier retirement from Ferrari.

相較於第一次退休是從法拉利車隊，舒馬赫在回歸比賽加入賓士車隊三年後，於去年二度退休。

He now lives in Switzerland with his wife and two children.

他目前與妻子及兩名子女定居在瑞士。