Egan Bernal successfully underwent spinal surgery to which he was subjected after he crashed against a bus on a highway near Bogotá, Y his rehabilitation will begin immediately, reported this Tuesday medical sources from the Clinic of the University of La Sabana where the cyclist was intervened.
“The neurosurgery intervention carried out on Egan Bernal Gómez ended successfully“Said the Clinic of the University of La Sabana in a statement. The medical part added that they will begin “immediately the rehabilitation process to achieve the best possible results” with Bernal, head of the Ineos Grenadiers team.
Serious accident while training
Bernal crashed into a bus on Monday, January 24, while training with his teammates in Cundinamarca (Colombia). The cyclist was taken to the hospital after the accident. It was operated for a “polytraumatism”, which includes a cervical and thoracic trauma and another closed chest.
The Traffic Police explained what happened in this way: “The cyclist, who was traveling in the same direction and in the same lane (as the bus) did not observe the maneuver made by the vehicle, colliding from the back of it.”
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