Tai Woffinden, the three-time speedway world champion, has candidly shared the horrifying details of the injuries he sustained in a severe accident in Poland last month. The 34-year-old Scunthorpe native was airlifted to hospital and put into a medically-induced coma following a collision with a fellow team member on the 30th of March. Woffinden’s injuries were extensive, including a double fracture in his right leg, a broken back and shoulder, multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung, a fractured arm and severe blood loss. Expressing his ordeal on social media, Woffinden described the act of listing out his injuries as ‘wild’.
This story was adapted by The Lincoln Post from original reporting by www.bbc.com.
