Police report details how F1 driver Alonso’s cycling crash happened

Police report details how F1 driver Alonso’s cycling crash happened

 

 

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Get F1 news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Alpine Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso was hit by a car as it was turning into a supermarket car park, police in Switzerland have said.The two-time world champion was out riding his bicycle near Lugano on Thursday lunchtime when he was involved in the accident, which left him hospitalised.A report from the Ticino division of the Swiss police has provided detail on how the accident occurred.“Just before 2pm in Viganello, a 42-year-old Swiss motorist domiciled in the Lugano area was driving in via La Santa in the direction of Pregassona,” said the report.“According to an initial reconstruction and for reasons that the police investigation will have to establish, while making a left turn manoeuvre to enter a supermarket parking lot, there was a collision with a 39-year-old Spanish citizen, who was riding his bicycle. He was passing the column of stationary vehicles in the opposite direction on the right.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); Alonso has surgery on fractured jaw, should be fit for 2021 F1 seasonaccImages.createImage(); F1 drivers to be included in new working group to determine salary cap“The collision occurred against the right side of the car.“On the spot intervened agents of the cantonal police and, in support, of the police of the city of Lugano as well as the rescuers of the Green Cross of Lugano who after having given the first attention to the cyclist transported him by ambulance to the Hospital. The 39-year-old suffered a fractured jaw.”Alonso has since undergone successful corrective surgery for a fracture on his upper jaw and will remain in hospital for observation for a further 48 hours.Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage(); F1 wants ‘powerful and emotive’ new engine era from 2025accImages.createImage(); Alpine F1 driver Alonso ‘conscious’ in hospital after cycling accidentHis Alpine team say they expect Alonso to progressively resume training in the next few days and that the Spaniard will be “fully operational” to prepare for the upcoming 2021 F1 season, with pre-season testing in Bahrain just four weeks away on 12-14 March.The opening race of the season will also be held in Bahrain, two weeks later on 28 March. 

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