Former motor racing world champion Michael Schumacher is in a coma following a skiing accident in France.
The 44-year-old German suffered a "serious brain trauma with coma on his arrival, which required an immediate neurosurgical operation," according to the hospital treating Schumacher in the French city of Grenoble.
Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he reportedly hit his head on a rock while skiing in the French Alps.
He was airlifted off the mountain following the accident in the resort of Meribel, in the popular Three Valleys area.
The sports star was skiing with his 14-year-old son and some friends when the accident occurred.
Schumacher's agent, Sabine Kehm, said: ''Michael fell on his head during a private ski trip in the French Alps.
The German Formula One legend skiing in Italy in 2006 "He was hospitalised and is receiving medical care. We ask for your understanding that we cannot give a running commentary on his state of health.
"He was wearing a helmet and was not alone.''
Journalist Carole Bouchard, from the French newspaper L'Equipe, told Sky News that the racing driver's condition had deteriorated during the hours following his hospitalisation.
The French Mountain Gendarmerie had earlier said Schumacher's life was not in danger.
Speaking to Sky News, Chris Chandler, a consultant neurosurgeon at King's College Hospital, said the immediate neurosurgical treatment given to Schumacher shows his injuries are severe.
The accident occurred in the resort of Meribel in France "He could have suffered a diffuse injury to his brain which can then result in brain swelling," he said.
"He could have sustained some sort of brain haemorrhage and if there was a blood clot within his brain or on the surface of his brain underneath his skull, that might need to be removed.
"Sometimes there is nothing actually to remove but you put in an intra-cranial pressure monitor, which basically is an operation that requires drilling a hole in the skull and putting a fine probe inside."
Former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt and Professor Gerard Saillant, a brain and spine injury expert, are at the Grenoble University Hospital Centre where Schumacher is being treated.
Schumacher made a comeback to Formula One for Mercedes in 2010 Professor Saillant co-ordinated Schumacher's medical care after the driver broke his leg in the 1999 British Grand Prix.
Schumacher, a seven-time world champion, first retired from Formula One in 2006.
He has been hurt seriously once before, in a motorcycling accident in February 2009 when he suffered neck and spine injuries.
Schumacher recovered sufficiently from those injuries to make a comeback to Formula One in 2010.
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