Drivers sent to hospital after crazy Formula 3 crash (Video)
Two drivers were sent to the hospital after a terrifying crash in Saturday’s Formula 3 race in Austria.
Zhi Chong Le ran into the back of Ryan Tveter’s stalled car at Spielberg. Le’s car then catapulted in the air as another driver, Pedro Piquet, hit Tveter’s car.
Le was taken to the hospital and reportedly suffered broken heels and four fractured vertebrae in the crash per Motorsport.
Formula 3’s post-crash statement also said that Le was transported to the hospital for a possible head injury. It said one of Le and Tveter was “initially unconscious” immediately after the crash but both were conscious when they arrived at the track medical center. Tveter was hospitialized for more evaluation and discharged with a bruised knee.
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