French cycling pro has stroke at 32; German footballer Boetius has testicular cancer (the 4th member of his league to get it just this season); Italian rapper Livio Cori felled by "mysterious illness"
Italian singer Blanco, 19, halts concert (due to chest pains), 8 "vaxxidents" in Germany, 6 more in Italy and 1 in Belgium also are among this week's "NON-fatals" throughout Europe
FRANCE
French pro Audrey Cordon-Ragot suffers stroke
September 17, 2022
Audrey Cordon-Ragot (A.S.O/Thomas Maheux)
French national road race [cycling] and time trial champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot, who raced in the first edition of the revamped Tour de France Femmes in July, suffered a stroke last weekend. The 32-year-old Trek-Segafredo rider revealed the news in a social media post today, writing that she requires an operation to address the heart condition behind last Sunday’s stroke – which occurred just a week after she finished second overall and won a stage of the Simac Ladies Tour in the Netherlands. Earlier this week Cordon-Ragot dropped out of France’s elite women’s squad for the upcoming UCI road world championships simply citing medical reasons, but she has now confirmed that she was diagnosed after an MRI scan confirmed the fears of the French team’s medical staff.
“Life always has surprises in store for you and this week more than ever, I learned that it is far more important than anything else,” she posted on Instagram and Twitter. “My non-presence at the next world championships, which many people claimed was down to a whim, fear of losing, lack of respect for the French team... and so on, is due to a stroke, of which I was a victim last Sunday. Not detected right away, I was lucky (yes, I say lucky) to be surrounded by medical staff (thank you Gwenaëlle Madouas, Maryline Salvetat and Mathieu Le Strat) who strongly advised me to carry out an MRI which surely saved my life.”
She continued: “Difficult to explain how I feel, I am exhausted, drained, sad, but at the same time so grateful and happy to have been able to return home to my loved ones. My season is therefore over, as you can guess (some will say that I am a crier and a sissy, for all these people refrain from commenting!). I will observe a period of rest and undergo an operation to resolve the cardiac problem at the origin of my accident.”
Before last weekend’s health scare, 2022 was arguably the most successful season of Cordon-Ragot’s 15-year professional career. In June, she won her sixth French time trial title and second national road race title, which saw her wear the famous Tricolore jersey at the following month’s inaugural Tour de France Femmes. In early August, she beat British rider Pfeiffer Georgi to win the Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden, before taking the time trial stage and finishing second overall behind Lorena Wiebes at the Simac Ladies Tour two weeks ago.
Stokes are thankfully rare among professional cyclists but have happened in the past. In 2014, Yerlan Pernebekov, a former Asian junior road champion and member of Astana’s UCI Continental development squad, died after suffering a stroke at the age of 19.
https://road.cc/content/news/french-pro-audrey-cordon-ragot-suffers-stroke-295999
BELGIUM
A driver feels ill at the wheel and seriously injures an 11-year-old girl in a bus shelter: her life is in danger
September 16, 2022
This Friday morning shortly after 7:30 a.m., the driver of a car fell ill on rue François Cornet in Awans and deviated from his trajectory. The driver of the car following him also deviated from his trajectory but managed to avoid him. The driver's car ended up in a bus shelter where there was a mother from Awans and her 11-year-old daughter. The mother was slightly injured but her daughter was more seriously injured and was transported to MontLégia where she will be operated on this afternoon. Her life was considered in danger, but she is no longer on life support.
GERMANY
Hertha Berlin footballer Boetius has testicular cancer: fourth case in the Bundesliga
September 22, 2022
Hertha Berlin winger Jean-Paul Boetius is suffering from testicular cancer. He is the fourth Bundesliga player to receive such a diagnosis this season. 28-year-old Boetius was informed Wednesday after a urological examination and will be operated on Friday. The club said he "will be out for the foreseeable future". Boetius' teammate Marco Richter and Union Berlin defender Timo Baumgartl recently returned from testicular cancer. Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller, signed by Ajax in the summer, is still being treated for a malignant tumor after being diagnosed in the pre-season.
Heart attack and seizures - rescuers have a lot to do at the festival
September 19, 2022
The rescue service had a lot to do on the festival weekend. On Saturday alone there were 60 missions, said head of operations Marco Fest. Above all, it was about circulatory problems and epileptic seizures as well as minor injuries. [paywall]
8 not-fatal “vaxxidents”:
Bus trip to game ends in near disaster
September 12, 2022
Shock at the Berlin Eagles. The team, 60 people in a charter bus, was on its way to Schwäbisch Hall for the playoff quarterfinals of the German Football League when disaster almost struck on the A9. While driving, the bus driver suddenly collapsed. Berlin's forwards coordinator Lee Rowland (69) prevented the worst by jumping on the brakes and the steering wheel, bringing the bus to a safe standstill in a construction site. The autobahn had to be completely closed, the bus driver was taken to the hospital in Leipzig and is said to have suffered a stomach rupture. The unfortunate 21:35 result the next day against Schwäbisch Hall was only a minor matter.
https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin-sport/busreise-zum-spiel-endet-in-beinahe-katastrophe
Sad accident outcome. Rear-end collision on the A7: high property damage, Chihuahua killed
September 16, 2022
On Thursday afternoon, a car with a trailer hit another car, also with a trailer, on the A7 near Altenstadt. No one was injured, but a dog was killed. According to the police, both teams drove in the right lane in the direction of Würzburg. At the level of Altenstadt, "due to a sudden health problem, the 70-year-old man behind him drove into his 40-year-old man in front," according to the police report. The front combination threw itself to the left against the central crash barrier and the rear against the right crash barrier. The 40-year-old only came to a halt with his team when he had bumped off the central barrier to the right against the crash barrier there. Fortunately, neither driver was injured in the accident. Both teams were no longer roadworthy and had to be recovered by a towing service. The police estimate the property damage at a total of around 26,000 euros. The 70-year-old's little dog, a Chihuahua, ran away after the traffic accident and ran away from his master on the freeway. A little later, a car near the scene of the accident on the highway fatally hit the dog.
Medical emergency leads to accident
September 17, 2022
Around 6 p.m. on Friday there was an accident with a motorcycle in Heringhausen - the driver, a 69-year-old man from Warburg (HX) probably suffered a heart attack or stroke during his tour. A motorcyclist was lucky in misfortune on September 16th. According to witnesses, the 69-year-old had been coming from the dam towards Heringhausen. At the level of the country hotel, the Seestraße is calmed by a traffic island. Shortly before the lane divider, the biker caught the eye of other road users because of his unconventional driving style. The man touched a traffic sign with his BMW 1600 GT, stopped his machine and wanted to bring it to the stand. However, this did not happen anymore, the 69-year-old suddenly fell to the ground and remained there motionless. His BMW also hit the asphalt. Fortunately, a doctor was on site who immediately carried out resuscitation attempts. The Waldeck-Frankenberg control center was alerted to the emergency call, which sent an RTW crew from Adorf and ordered an ambulance to Heringhausen. Apparently the rescue operations were successful, the Warburger was taken to the hospital in Korbach after stabilization measures. The property damage to the BMW is estimated at around 8,000 euros.
Car tilts down embankment: driver seriously injured after collision with truck near Marxzell
September 16, 2022
A serious traffic accident occurred on Thursday evening on Landstraße 564 near Marxzell. According to the police, a 64-year-old was seriously injured. The driver hit a semi-trailer truck in front and then left the roadway. The 64-year-old's car then tipped down an embankment, rolled over and came to a stop on the roof. Both the driver and the 53-year-old passenger were able to free themselves from the car with the help of rushed first responders. The seriously injured driver and the woman were both taken to a hospital. The 53-year-old suffered minor injuries as a result of the accident and was able to leave the hospital the same evening. It is possible that a sudden health problem in the 64-year-old caused the accident, the police statement said. The Marxzell volunteer fire brigade ensured that no fuel could escape. The property damage to both vehicles amounts to around 10,000 euros. The highway was briefly closed.
Autobahn 24 Fehrbellin and Kremmen completely closed due to an accident
September 16, 2022
At around 7 a.m. there was an accident on the federal autobahn 24 between the Fehrbellin and Kremmen junctions with one injured person. As the responsible police directorate also announced, a car with a Danish transfer number plate first drove against several construction site markings, then against the central barrier and then probably against a truck. The fire brigade had to free the trapped driver of the small car (the door could no longer be opened). The injured man, who apparently caused the accident for medical reasons, was then taken over by rescue workers. The Berlin lane will remain closed until further notice. The scene of the accident is still directly in the construction site area behind the Linumer Bruch-Nord service station and rest area. According to initial findings, the cause of the accident was a medical problem, and the driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
http://www.reportnet24.de/polizei/16246-a24-zw-fehrbellin-und-kremmen-wegen-unfall-voll-gesperrt
Car landed in the ditch
September 14, 2022
In the morning, an 84-year-old was driving a Skoda car on Lippersdorfer Straße in the direction of Großwaltersdorf. About 300 meters before entering Reifland, the senior suddenly lost control of his car, which left the roadway, tipped on its side and remained in the ditch. The 84-year-old was not injured on the outside, but his 78-year-old passenger suffered serious injuries. The senior's health problems may have been the cause of the accident. The Skoda was a total loss of around 10,000 euros.
https://polizei.sachsen.de/de/MI_2022_92165.htm
Medical emergency suspected as cause
September 15, 2022
On the state road between Gensungen and Neuenbrunslar, around the Mittelhof domain, a 67-year-old man from Felsberg got his car off the road to the right. The accident was presumed to have been preceded by a medical emergency. The car drove into the ditch and then rolled over several times. The car came to rest on its roof on the roadway. In order to gently free the man who was not trapped in the accident wreckage, firefighters created a large opening and removed a door of the car. The 67-year-old suffered serious, presumably non-life-threatening injuries. The rescue service took him to a clinic in Kassel.
https://nh24.de/2022/09/15/verletzte-bei-unfaellen-in-felsberg-und-fritzlar/
Driver crashes into fences and plows into a garden
September 15, 2022
A 75-year-old driver is driving in Thiersheim on Tuesday. It then happens in Gartenstrasse. He lost consciousness and thus control of his car: A senior drove his van in Gartenstraße just past the corner of Bauvereinstraße at around 10:10 a.m. on Tuesday when he fainted. Then he crashed into several garden fences, a street lamp and plowed up a garden. The 75-year-old remained unharmed, as the Marktredwitz police announced on Thursday. As a precaution, however, he was taken to the hospital. The 75-year-old's van was severely damaged in this accident and was no longer roadworthy. He was towed. The total damage from the accident is around 4500 euros.
AUSTRIA
Driver suffered an emergency, condition unknown
September 18, 2022
Around 4 p.m., the 58-year-old from the Southeast Styria district entered Austria at a border crossing from Slovenia. At the immigration check, a police officer from the Halbenrain Police Inspectorate noticed the poor health of the driver. The police officers present initiated the rescue chain and applied first aid measures. The 58-year-old was transported by the on-site emergency doctor. The woman was transferred to the Graz State Hospital by the C 12 emergency medical helicopter. Her current state of health is unknown.
ITALY
Livio Cori, mysterious illness for Anna Tatangelo's ex: "I am forced to postpone all my projects"
September 24, 2022
Livio Cori has announced on social media that he has a health problem and for this reason he will be forced to a forced stop from his work. Anna Tatangelo's ex boyfriend, who is a rap singer by trade, revealed his official social profiles, Facebook and Instagram, that he is not in a peaceful period: "I have been dealing with problems since the beginning of August health that are holding me back physically and mentally," he told fans without going into details.
The Neapolitan rapper shared a shot in which he shows himself from behind while observing the sea thoughtfully and wrote: "I had planned to share already new music with you for September, but this condition did not allow me to complete my project on schedule. Despite everything I believe that not all evils come to harm, perhaps being forced to stop for a moment and having the time to re-evaluate a few things was just what I needed. I will gather the energies for the next two dates, then I'll take some time to be able to come back 100% with something new".
Although the statement has alarmed fans, fortunately it does not seem to be anything serious, but in any case the accused illness has seen him forced to postpone the release of the new musical projects he was working on.
Blanco, ill on the stage in Genoa. The viral video on TikTok: "Keep singing and then leave the scene"
September 17, 2022
Last September 13, for Blanco, was to be another success. His second date of his "Celestial Blue" tour easily sold out, but something went wrong. The many fans present began to notice that their favorite was ill. And in a few days the videos of his illness are immediately viral on TikTok. His concert begins and everything seems to go smoothly. But in Genoa for Blanco something is wrong. The artist is on stage but, as it would seem to document a video uploaded by a user on Tik Tok, the singer-songwriter allegedly suffered a sudden illness.
Blanco continues to sing, but finished the song scheduled in his lineup, he interrupts and apologizes to the fans. "I had a pain in my heart, sorry it never happened to me," he tells his audience. And in the video, the voice in the background says: "Last night at the concert during 'Nostalgia' in Blanco, my heart felt a pang and although it was clear that he felt a strong pain (he often stopped letting only us sing) he continued to sing the piece until the end, then he left the scene for about 15 minutes". After the song, Blanco appears visibly in trouble and leaves room for the fans to shout and congratulate them waiting to catch their breath. The situation, however, does not unlock and it is therefore necessary for the artist to leave the stage, not visible in the video.
But then, fortunately, the good news arrives. In those 15 minutes, many feared for Blanco 's health and that he was no longer able to continue the evening. But the artist has recovered well. He went back to the stage and continued the set. Blanco continued and thanked the audience for their patience. After the joy of seeing Blanco again on stage, back in strength, many began to wonder what had happened and the reason for the illness. Fans on social media have begun to evaluate possible hypotheses. There are those who attribute it all to too many work commitments for a boy of only 19, those who think it can only be performance anxiety and those who instead download the blame to the stress of the last period. The true cause of the illness remains unknown, but in the meantime Blanco has recovered to 100% and on Friday 16 September he closed his tour in Milan in a great way.
Six not-fatal “vaxxidents”:
Seized by a sudden illness while driving, he damages 10 parked cars: sanctioned by the municipal police
September 23, 2022
Yesterday morning a truck while passing along via Sacconi, via Porta Lucchese, via Pacinotti and via Nazario Sauro damaged ten parked cars. A municipal police patrol intervened on the spot. The checks revealed that the driver was taken ill while driving and therefore lost control of the vehicle hitting ten cars parked along the roads. Based on the investigations, the vehicle came from corso Fedi, then it had continued towards corso Gramsci, to then merge into via Fonda di San Vitale and then into via della Costituzione, piazza Treviso, via Pacinotti up to via Sacconi, where it happened the first accident. The man was sanctioned under Article 141 of the highway code.
No age reported.
Priest suffers sudden illness and overturns with his car in Reggio Calabria
September 23, 2022
A bad road accident occurred this morning around 10:30, on via San Francesco da Paola in the center of Reggio Calabria and precisely a few meters from the Duomo. In the left remained the former parish priest of Arangea, Don Pietro Catalano who apparently fell ill by losing control of the car which ended its race overturned on its side. The Fire Brigade and the 118 rescuers intervened on the spot and transported the priest to the hospital for further checks. Traffic suffered some discomfort.
No age reported.
48-year-old accuses a sudden illness in his car and ends up against the pole
September 23, 2022
Road accident in the early afternoon of today, Thursday 22 September, in Parabiago, in the hamlet of San Lorenzo, near via Tintoretto, where a car ran into an obstacle due to an illness that suddenly hit the driver. To help him on the spot, two medical vehicles arrived in red code, the White Cross of Legnano and an automedical one. Dressings are still in progress. In the meantime, the local police and the fire brigade have also been alerted.
No age reported.
Verona, a driver falls ill and faints: the bus with 70 students ends up in a vineyard. Fear and injured
September 22, 2022
Moments of fear this morning in Sandrà (Verona) when an ATV bus with about seventy students on board, shortly after 7, ended up in a vineyard due to an illness of the driver. The bus, the school service 440 which starts from Lugagnano di Sona and runs across the lower lake reaching the schools of Bardolino, was led by a 26-year-old driver. From the reconstructions made after the accident by the carabinieri, the ATV controllers and the testimony of another ATV driver who crossed the bus just as it ended off-road, the driver would have understood that he felt ill and was able to pull over to the side of the road, in via Dei Fileni. However, he did not have time to apply the handbrake before passing out.
Parabiago, heart attack while driving: motorist saved with defibrillator by two passers-by
September 22 2022
Parabiago (Milan) - He lost control of his car, a Fiat 500, while driving along via Tintoretto in San Lorenzo di Parabiago, crashing into a pole. The man is a 48-year-old from the area who suffered a heart attack while driving the car. A woman and a man immediately intervened to revive him, using the defibrillator present outside the nearby pharmacy. The man driving seemed practically dead until the defibrillator was used which brought the 48-year-old back to life. All in anticipation of the rescue that arrived on the spot shortly afterwards together with local police and firefighters. The man was taken in code red by ambulance to the hospital in Legnano. The doctors thanked passers-by who helped him, pointing out that without their intervention this person would surely have died.
https://www.ilgiorno.it/legnano/cronaca/parabiago-automobilista-infarto-defibrillatore-1.8105448
Struck by an illness while driving, he makes a front with another car
September 19, 2022
Driving sick. This would be the cause of the accident that took place in today's morning, Monday 19 September, in via Risorgimento in Bernareggio, at the intersection with the road that leads to the Cl3 sports center. According to the first information gathered on the spot, a 49-year-old man was driving a Fiat 550 along the Sp177 when he suddenly fell ill. The vehicle, out of control, therefore ended up in the opposite lane, colliding head-on against a Toyota Yaris driven by a 63-year-old woman to then finish the race against another car, in this case without causing major damage or consequences to the driver.
The impact with the Yaris, on the other hand, was violent, so much so that immediately after the accident, two ambulances and the red-coded auto-medical arrived on the spot. At the moment the doctors are still on site for all medical examinations but from the first information released by the regional emergency urgency agency none of the people involved would be in danger of life. The 49-year-old, whose conditions initially seemed very serious, would also be out of danger.
Three illnesses within a few hours in Friuli: 2 in Lignano and one in Chiusaforte
September 18, 2022
Busy morning and early afternoon hours today for Sores Fvg personnel who coordinated numerous interventions. Around 1 p.m., in Lignano, a 40-year-old man who was walking along the waterfront was seized with a cardiac arrest. He was immediately reached by medical responders, stabilized and transported in a code red to Udine's Santa Maria della Misericordia hospital by ambulance.
Also in Lignano, at a sporting event, a spectator, a 48-year-old man who was watching the event, also suffered a cardiac arrest. Immediately rescued by Sogit personnel, who were on site for the event, he was promptly stabilized and transported to the emergency department of Pordenone Hospital in code red. The immediacy and appropriateness of the rescues, coordinated by Sores Fvg, made it possible to provide the best care for the two people caught in serious illness.
A third intervention was handled in the mountains, in the Alto Friuli area, for a sudden illness occurred to a person: the helicopter and the ambulance from Chiusaforte were involved. The person was transported to Tolmezzo hospital.
https://www.friulioggi.it/cronaca/malori-friuli-lignano-chiusaforte-18-settembre-2022/
Illness in the field: rescue with the defibrillator
September 15, 2022
The sudden illness of a 25-year-old from Cadè, helped by the readiness of friends who used the defibrillator of the sports facility, aroused deep emotion in the hamlet, still with bated breath: the young man is now hospitalized in the reanimation ward of Santa Maria Nuovo. The episode dates back to Monday evening, at 9 pm, when a group of about fifteen friends from the hamlet met at the football fields in the park. "We are all young people from the village, many of us among other things volunteer at the sports center to keep it clean and tidy,” explains a friend who was present that evening. “On the program there was the classic informal match between friends. We intend to form a team; in the meantime, in these days, we get together to start getting back in shape".
The 25-year-old had stopped playing for a few years and, intending to return to kicking the ball, joined the evening. The unpredictable, however, happened before the match even started. “We were warming up. We had just taken a short run: two laps of the field and a few exercises,” continues the friend. “At that moment he was not making any effort, on the contrary he stopped for a moment to put on the shoes with spikes when suddenly he collapsed to the ground".
Friends immediately understood the gravity of the situation. "While someone was calling 118, some tried heart massage and others went to retrieve the defibrillator from the sports field, which we then used." A maneuver later praised by the medical and ambulance health workers who arrived shortly after on the spot. "The doctor told us that our intervention was a blessing." The sedated patient was transferred to the emergency room of Santa Maria Nuova, where he is still watched over by his sister and parents. "The family members told us that the next few hours will be decisive in knowing if he will be out of danger: the doctors will soon try to wake him up,” continues the friend. “The incident shocked us and left everyone in our company bewildered. He is a big boy with a great physique, in excellent health, when we run he is always the first: he really was a bolt from the blue".
Illness while bathing in the sea: tourist saved by carabiniere and lifeguard
September 19, 2022
There were moments of fear and panic this afternoon, around 3 pm, on the beach of Santa Maria al Bagno, marina di Nardò, where a seventy-year-old tourist from Tuscany, who had recently entered the water to swim, she lost consciousness following an illness and was rescued just in time by an off-duty carabinieri officer, Dario Pantaleo, 43 years old of Neritine origins who having noticed the strange movements of the woman in the water (on her stomach she barely moved an arm, probably to ask for help) and sensed the dangerous situation, he immediately dived, reached the old woman saving her, with the help of Fabio Carrozzini , 22-year-old lifeguard of the Bagno Maria beach.
Illness after the rally, cyclist in cardiocirculatory arrest reanimated and saved
September 23, 2022
A cyclist from Gaiarine, taken ill while returning from a rally, was saved late today, Sunday 18 September, in Sacile. The man, 58, was with a friend and was returning home. At the height of Polcenigo he began to feel some discomfort, when he reached Via Villorba in Sacile he fell off his bicycle and lost consciousness. The cyclist showed no signs of life. His friend gave him first aid and alerted 112. The regional rescue operations room sent an ambulance and a self-medical to the scene with an anesthetist on board. The man was in cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated on the spot and rushed to the hospital in Pordenone, where he is under observation. A crew of the Carabinieri of Fontanafredda also intervened in via Villorba.
Hi. Just a small correction: it is 4 players in the same league, not team. The German Bundesliga is their pro league (I used to be an editor at an American soccer magazine).
Just got word of a friend in Venezuala who died suddenly. 74...no medications...no comorbidities.
Died while waiting for a taxi to pick him up..