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Spanish motorsports legend Ángel Nieto dies in hospital after quad crash
03/08/2017
A NATIONAL sporting hero considered one of the best motorcycle race riders in Spain's history has just passed away in hospital in Ibiza where he was in an induced coma following a quad accident.
Ángel Nieto, 70, won the world championships 13 times and was the first Spaniard ever to do so, and during his career he won the third-highest number of races in global motorcycling history.
His sons Pablo and Gelete were by his bedside when he slipped away as a result of serious brain injury caused by a fall from a quad.
They had come from Brno, Czech Republic, where they were due to host a conference, which had to be cancelled.
Ángel had been in an induced coma in intensive care after a serious accident whilst riding a quad along the main road in Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza, here he was on holiday.
He had lived in the Santa Eulàlia area of Ibiza for some years.
The motorcycling hero remained stable on day two and three, and on day four, a CAT scan revealed 'incipient signs of reabsorption' of the various 'cerebral contusions' he had suffered, showing that his condition was improving.
By August 1, day six, the hospital said he was 'progressing well' and no signs of complications had appeared.
The next day, he was 'in the process of awakening' from the induced coma, again with no signs of complications and 'progressing normally'.
But by the early hours of Thursday, August 3, he had started to worsen dramatically.
Medics were beginning to withdraw medication in order to awaken him from the coma, and had even removed the plate in his skull – a process which appeared to be working well.
Then, a sudden increase in intra-cranial pressure was detected – a build-up of fluid – which required an urgent operation.
He was in theatre for an hour and a half as surgeons drained the fluid through a process described as a 'decompressive craniectomy'.
Ángel did not respond at all well over the next few hours, and the drugs given to keep the fluid and swelling down were not working, leading medics to fear for his life.
He did not recover from the massive cerebral oedema and rapidly worsened until around 20.00 last night, when he passed away.
There was just enough time for Pablo and Gelete to make it to his bedside.
Both have said Ángel was 'a great father and a great motorcyclist' and that his funeral ceremony in Madrid – a huge public affair to be held in September – will be a big event 'fit for the sporting hero he was'.
Meanwhile, he will be buried in Ibiza later today.
His body was taken to the crematorium late last night, and hundreds of residents lined the streets, applauding en masse as he was driven past, accompanied by a group of bikers.
President Mariano Rajoy, MotoGP riders and the Royal family have all sent personal messages of condolences to his family.
Members of the government and the Royals remember watching Ángel storm to victory on his bike on many a Sunday afternoon, and reading about his string of world championship wins in the press.
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A NATIONAL sporting hero considered one of the best motorcycle race riders in Spain's history has just passed away in hospital in Ibiza where he was in an induced coma following a quad accident.
Ángel Nieto, 70, won the world championships 13 times and was the first Spaniard ever to do so, and during his career he won the third-highest number of races in global motorcycling history.
His sons Pablo and Gelete were by his bedside when he slipped away as a result of serious brain injury caused by a fall from a quad.
They had come from Brno, Czech Republic, where they were due to host a conference, which had to be cancelled.
Ángel had been in an induced coma in intensive care after a serious accident whilst riding a quad along the main road in Santa Gertrudis, Ibiza, here he was on holiday.
He had lived in the Santa Eulàlia area of Ibiza for some years.
The motorcycling hero remained stable on day two and three, and on day four, a CAT scan revealed 'incipient signs of reabsorption' of the various 'cerebral contusions' he had suffered, showing that his condition was improving.
By August 1, day six, the hospital said he was 'progressing well' and no signs of complications had appeared.
The next day, he was 'in the process of awakening' from the induced coma, again with no signs of complications and 'progressing normally'.
But by the early hours of Thursday, August 3, he had started to worsen dramatically.
Medics were beginning to withdraw medication in order to awaken him from the coma, and had even removed the plate in his skull – a process which appeared to be working well.
Then, a sudden increase in intra-cranial pressure was detected – a build-up of fluid – which required an urgent operation.
He was in theatre for an hour and a half as surgeons drained the fluid through a process described as a 'decompressive craniectomy'.
Ángel did not respond at all well over the next few hours, and the drugs given to keep the fluid and swelling down were not working, leading medics to fear for his life.
He did not recover from the massive cerebral oedema and rapidly worsened until around 20.00 last night, when he passed away.
There was just enough time for Pablo and Gelete to make it to his bedside.
Both have said Ángel was 'a great father and a great motorcyclist' and that his funeral ceremony in Madrid – a huge public affair to be held in September – will be a big event 'fit for the sporting hero he was'.
Meanwhile, he will be buried in Ibiza later today.
His body was taken to the crematorium late last night, and hundreds of residents lined the streets, applauding en masse as he was driven past, accompanied by a group of bikers.
President Mariano Rajoy, MotoGP riders and the Royal family have all sent personal messages of condolences to his family.
Members of the government and the Royals remember watching Ángel storm to victory on his bike on many a Sunday afternoon, and reading about his string of world championship wins in the press.
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