Schumacher Still Critical After Skiing Accident

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Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher is still listed in critical condition after the accident that occurred on a skiing vacation with his son. Schumi fell and suffered an impact to the right-hand side of his head after he and his group decided to tackle an unmarked run.

Schumacher was wearing a helmet and was conscious immediately after the accident, but his condition deteriorated- arriving at the hospital in a coma.

He then underwent surgery and the surgeons said that they discovered blood clots on his brain. They were removed but lesions were also discovered.

Here's the early report from France...


Doctors on sight maintain that the next few days are crucial in determining the extent of the damage since it usually takes a few days for the swelling in the brain to top off and recede. He is being kept in a drug-induced coma to properly watch over him...

More when we know more...

DEVELOPING: Fan In Serious Condition After Fall At Turner Field (UPDATED: Reports Have Fan Dead)

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In a stormy night at Turner Field in Atlanta, a fan attending the game fell a reported 30 feet and is in serious condition at a local hospital...

The Braves released a statement:

There was an accident earlier tonight at Turner Field with a spectator falling from the upper level. The spectator has been transported to the hospital. The Atlanta Police Department are investigating and we refer all media inquiries to them at this time.

There is no immediate word on what caused the fall...

This is not the first time that a fan has fallen from the upper deck to the lower levels at Turner Field. In May of 2008, police reported that alcohol played a part in the death of Justin Hayes as he fell 150-feet to his death in a stairwell.

Here was the report at the time as his friends disputed the police conclusions...
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More when we know more...

2215 UPDATE: Here's the update from FOSG Ken Rodriguez...
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2300 UPDATE: The unidentified fan has, according to various reports, died from his injuries...

WSB-TV is reporting now that the fall from the upper deck was more in the neighborhood of 65 feet...

They are also saying that the fall happened in the rear of the stadium from the 400 level and the fan ended up in the player's parking lot. Homicide investigators are currently on scene. The fan died at Grady Hospital, according to John Hager with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office.

And here's coverage from WXIA-TV
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Tuesday AM UPDATE: The fan is identified as 29-year-old Ronald Homer of the Atlanta suburb of Conyers. Police report that Homer fell from the upper level and landed on an air conditioner in the player's parking lot. The Associated Press is saying this morning that Homer's mother had a telephone conversation with her son just before the accident. It's the third death at an Atlanta sporting event in the past year. Here's morning coverage from our friends at WSB-TV