Michael Schumacher is fighting for his life after he fell and hit his head on a rock while skiing with his son.
Read initial report HERE.
A leading brain surgeon was seen arriving at the hospital in Grenoble, France, where the ex-Formula One driver was being treated. His family were also at the hospital, where medical sources confirmed Schumacher was in a 'critical state' and suffering from a brain haemorrhage.
Eyewitnesses said Schumacher lost consciousness briefly after falling and hitting his head on a rock. They saw blood oozing from his helmet in the eight minutes between the fall and medics arriving in a helicopter to pick him up. The accident happened while Schumacher was skiing off-piste.
Yesterday a spokesman for the resort said it proved 'you can't do whatever you want', and that skiers should stay on the pistes. Last night the Dauphine Libere newspaper in Grenoble reported that the German's life was in danger.
Its report read: 'The state of health of the veteran driver has worsened and his condition is considered life-threatening, according to our information.'The Dauphine is one of the most respected papers in the Alps, with reliable medical contacts.
Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday, was skiing with his 14-year-old son Mick in Meribel, in the Trois Vallees ski area of the French Alps. He owns a property in the popular resort.
He was at an altitude of almost 7,000ft at an 'off-piste junction' between two marked descents – Chamois, a red run, and Biche, a blue run, according to ski resort officials.
Eyewitnesses who called the emergency services reported seeing blood coming from his helmet and marking the snow around. olivier Desaulty, a spokesman for Meribel Alpina, a ski lift company, said: 'Some skiers saw the accident and called us. 'We immediately sent two ski patrols who were close by. They checked him and called a helicopter.
'Apparently he was briefly – a minute or so – unconscious. But he came around quickly and was then talking.
'He said he had hit his head on a rock. He was wearing a helmet fortunately. The helicopter arrived very quickly and he was taken to hospital.”
A spokesman for mountain rescue said: 'He fell and hit his head at 11.07am. A helicopter was at the site at 11.15am.
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