Webber seriously injured in head-on collision
November 22, 2008 by George Skentzos
Mark Webber has been involved in a serious head-on collision with a car whilst riding his bike south towards Port Arthur on the remote Tasmanian Peninsula just hours ago.
The current Red Bull Racing Formula One driver was competing in his own charity event, the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge, when the accident occurred.
While the full extent of his injuries is not yet known, rescue officers at the scene commented that Webber appeared to have sustained a serious lower leg injury.
He is currently being transported to a property in Oakwood near Port Arthur by ambulance where a rescue helicopter is awaiting his arrival to transport him to a hospital in Hobart.
Source: News.com.au
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Holy crap!
A hospital in DARWIN??? WTF?
Would YOU stay in Tasmania for healthcare? :P
Hobart, all fixed.
How unlucky can one guy be?
Hope he’s fit & well for the 09 F1 Season, as he faces possibly his most competitive team mate (Vettel) in a long while.
Get better quickly big fella!
Get better Marky! The more quickly the better! Your new teammate will be fiercely competitive.
Hopefully your supreme fitness will lead to a quick recovery.
Hope all is ok.
Poor him if his okay.
The 09 season is one thing to consider but off season testing is pretty much that, off!
and missing all of the off season testing with all of the changes coming will mean he faces a HUGE challenge next year… poor guy.
I commend Mark for doing charity events around the place in the off season, but really he has caused himself injury riding a bike.
Goes to explain why he struggles so much with an F1 car and getting a decent result.
How bout getting riding a bike Mark then try driving a car…
Horrible and very scary, the sealed roads down at Port Arthur are tight to drive on in places but I have no idea where he was riding down there on dirt ?
Hope he gets well,cant understand why they didn’t send him off to a private hospital obviously he doesnt have private health insurance,The Royal Hobart……..mmmmm not the best patient care .
Hes a healthy guy he will heal fast,best wishes Mark xoxox
Oh well, with all the bad luck(?) Mark has had in recently, Red bull may as well use Chris Issak to fill in for him until his leg mends.
Bet he wishes he could an automatic gearbox in his F1. Hope he make a decent recovery for next year. Oh and get off bike they’re dangerous.
Bikes bikes bikes, very nice to ride on but unfortunately, zero protection. I would have considered one as a much more efficient means of transport while looking good in front of the girls, but when a former classmate of mine got killed on it, forget it.
Hope Mark recovers quickly.
This accident should never have occured. One can only assume the organisers never had a risk management plan.