Antonio Tognana suffers injuries in an accident
The Italian pilot Antonio Tognana (Team Porsche Italia) suffered injuries in an accident during the sixth stage from Omsk to Nowosibirsk. In the evening, the organizer Richard Schalber disclosed, that the Italian suffered an injury to a vertebra. His co-driver Carlo Cassina survived the incident unharmed.
The accident occurred at kilometer eight of the special stage. Tognana, who already was a pilot at the Transsyberia Rally 2007, overlooked a bump and took it with too much speed. Tognana is in Nowosibirsk at the moment, being looked after by the attending medical team. The Italians will be flown back to their home country by airplane on Thursday. Since the medical team will accompany the transport to the airport, the organizers have canceled tomorrow’s special stage.