Report: Alex Zanardi seriously injured again on handbike

ROME (AP) — Race car driver turned Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has reportedly been seriously injured again.

La Repubblica says Zanardi was transported by helicopter to a local hospital following a “road accident” in the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race for Paralympic athletes on handbikes.

Repubblica says the accident involved a “heavy vehicle.”

The 53-year-old Zanardi had both of his legs amputated following a horrific crash during a 2001 CART race in Germany. He was a two-time CART champion.

Zanardi won four gold medals in handbike at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.

The Italian Olympic and Paralympic Committees had no immediate comment.

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