[Iceman]

MOTOR racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is recovering in hospital after he was nearly killed falling down a lift shaft at home.

Sir Stirling tumbled 30 feet and broke both his ankles, suffering four broken bones, gashes and four chipped vertebrae.

He underwent surgery to have pins and plates attached to his shattered bones after the fall from the third floor of his swanky pad in London's Mayfair on Saturday.

Sir Stirling, 80, had expected the lift to be waiting when he walked through the doors.

Instead a malfunction had jammed the carriage but allowed the shutters to open.

He was last night said to be 'comfortable' in a London hospital.

A family friend said: "Stirling was seriously injured after what was a horrific accident but he is in good spirits and won't let this beat him.

"He was nearly killed several times during his career and always bounced back. This is no different."

Sir Stirling won 16 Formula One Grand Prixs and was dubbed 'the greatest driver never to win the World Championship'.

He retired aged just 32 after a horrific car crash in his famous blue Lotus that left him in a coma for 38 days and paralysed for six months.

[pinkmichk]

blimey hope he will be ok

[SocietyIsRuined]

Get well soon Mr Moss.

[Mrluvaluva]

Sir Stirling Moss has undergone surgery for multiple injuries after falling three floors down a lift-shaft.

The 80-year-old motor racing legend suffered two broken ankles, four broken bones in his foot and four chipped vertibrae in the accident at his home in Mayfair.

A statement on Sir Stirling's website confirmed he was "comfortable and recovering" after surgery and that "his immediate family were present with him at the time of the accident".

It continued: "Paramedics were called and he was taken to the Royal London hospital. He remained conscious throughout.

"With the assistance of former FIA medical delegate Professor Sid Watkins, he was moved to a hospital closer to home where he underwent surgery on both his ankles, which were plated and pinned."

The accident occurred when the door to the lift at his home opened before the lift had arrived. Sir Stirling stepped into the shaft, thinking the lift was there when it was not.

His wife, Lady Susie Moss, said: "This was a very unfortunate accident. It could just as easily have been another member of the family stepping into where the lift should have been."

Medical staff expect it could take six weeks for Sir Stirling to fully recover from his injuries.


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[Crimson Dynamo]

ouch

Poor old SM

I spent a day with him once. Lovely man.