As is being widely reported across motoring and mainstream media, Michael Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday, is in a coma following a serious skiing accident in the French Alps. Having been airlifted to hospital in Moutiers and then transferred to Grenobles he has apparently undergone emergency neurological surgery and remains unconscious in a condition widely described as 'critical'. Reports suggest he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident but hit a rock on a run from the resort of Meribel.
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