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I talked to Céline, Jacques' wife.
Jacques is at Sherbrooke hospital. He has a fracture of the L-2 vertebra. NO damage to the spinal cord.
He also has a fracture of the iliac bone.
They also found a "little" lung perforation, not severe.
Jacques didn't want to stay at the hospital but they kept him for the night. He already was thinking about the next race in Haliburton Ont. in 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should have more infos tomorrow,
Marcel Fontaine
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I found this Web address which show the accident. Check the video of different images of Valcourt but at 1 min. 50 sec. (out of 2 min .27 sec.), you will see the accident (sorry, it's in French):
http://videos.lcn.canoe.ca/video/en-vedette/les-dernieres-nouvelles/8805187001/jacques-villeneuve-ecoutez-le-porte-parole-de/67727493001
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Here is a photo of just how high Jacques flew after Dustin hit him.
We hope you heal up fast Jacques. You didnt deserve this one.
http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.24hmontreal.canoe.ca/24hmontreal/sports/archives/2010/02/20100221-210112.html&ei=6wyCS9mCG820tgfPi-2eBw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CB0Q7gEwBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJACQUES%2BVILLENEUVE%2BACCIDENT%2BVALCOURT%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1W1GGIK_en
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The following address is a French report with 2 spectacular photos of Jacques flying in the air,
http://fr.canoe.ca/sports/nouvelles/archives/2010/02/20100221-203228.html
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Corey C
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Looks like he went for quite a ride. Hope he recovers well. Kind of hard to tell what happened in the video something blocks the view.
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mbenoy119
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Here is the photo
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dezldave961
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You can see Dustin's body & inside ski lifting up from a bump halfway through 4, which probably washed him up into JV. The same thing happened to him while passing Travis in Friday's final, taking the low line in 4 with the bump that tends to be there.
Hard to say if their lines crossed or what, but either way best wishes for Jacques to heal. I'm sure we'll see him back sooner than we expect, if he has any choice in the matter.
- Davey Jr.
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If you check the following Web site www.flagworld.com , there is a lot of photos and videos from the Valcourt week-end.
At this page, you will find a sequence of 29 photos which show the Sunday PRO CHAMP presentation of finalists, start of the race, the COMPLETE SEQUENCE OF JACQUES' ACCIDENT and Nick Van Strydonk checkered flag.
http://www.flagworld.com/photos/v/2010/2010-02-21/2010-02-21+-+Dimanche/Dany+Flageole/?g2_page=3
Thanks to FLAGWORLD for their EXCELLENT JOB,
Marcel Fontaine
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Kenyon_111indy
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Hey I'm on the Quebec news!
That is some scary stuff get well soon jacques!
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stocksleddriver
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Once again Jaques defies the laws of physics and proves that he is super-human. Sorry to hear about the crash, sounds like the sled was a rocket ship up there. Glad to hear your OK. Be careful and protect that spine....turns out they're fragile.
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