British racing driver Stefan Wilson suffered a fractured vertebra in his practice crash on Tuesday, May 23 2023.
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After cars ahead of them piled up at Turn 1, Stefan Wilson’s Dreyer and Reinbold Racing car was hit from behind by Katherine Legge’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing machine.
Both cars spun and collided with the wall at different angles at high speeds. While Legge collided with the wall sideways, allowing her to escape unharmed, Wilson collided with the SAFER barrier head-on.
Stefan Wilson was taken to the medical centre and then to a nearby hospital for advanced imaging, where the injury was diagnosed. Stefan Wilson underwent successful surgery on May 25, 2023.
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According to a statement from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports. Wilson “underwent surgery with a T10-T12 Posterior fusion and internal fixation of the fracture” to his 12th thoracic vertebrae”
Wilson’s surgery at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis went well, and he is “in good spirits and ready to begin recovery,” according to his team.
Post surgery update from Stefan.#IsItMay2024Yet pic.twitter.com/GRZdoBZ1NM
— Stefan Wilson (@stef_wilson) May 25, 2023
Stefan Wilson tweeted a video update from his hospital bed on Thursday morning, using the hashtag #IsItMay2024Yet.
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