Olympic medalist Jew is in artificial sleep after the plane crash, he was taken to Bratislava TVNOVINY.sk – TVNOVINY.sk

The athlete’s face, arms and legs are burnt. According to our information, Olympic medalist Radoslav Židek is in artificial sleep. He was taken to a burn clinic in Bratislava. The athlete’s face, arms and legs are burnt. Burns cover a third of the body surface. He was operated on on Tuesday (September 6). The former snowboarder was piloting a small motor plane in the evening, which crashed at a stable in Petrovice near Bytče around 6:30 p.m. The Olympian sat in it together with his brother. He managed to get out without major damage after the impact, but the machine caught fire after the fall. The fire hit the pilot mainly in the area of ​​the face and upper body. His father, who arrived at the scene of the accident, took our silver Olympian to the Žilina hospital. ​”The man suffered burns to his face, upper and lower limbs, and the burns cover 30 percent of his body surface. The patient is stabilized, conscious, and has undergone all necessary examinations. Under general anesthesia, our team of medical professionals is currently treating his burns in the operating room of the trauma surgery department,” hospital spokeswoman Lenka Záteková confirmed yesterday. They keep sheep and six horses in the affected stable, but they were not in it at the time. The animals managed to get to safety without injuries. They grazed outside while the fire was being extinguished. “During the firefighting, it was necessary to dismantle the structures and part of the roof, a thermal camera was used to locate the fire’s sources,” said Miroslava Mintálová from the Regional Directorate of Firefighters in Žilina. Volunteer firefighters from the villages of Petrovice and Kolárovice also took part in extinguishing the fire. The cause of the crash of the small motor plane is under investigation. Radoslav Židek is the first Slovak medalist at the Winter Olympic Games in the era of independence. In Turin in 2006, he won a valuable metal in the discipline of snowboard cross. Watch the report from yesterday’s (September 6) TV newspaper: ​