Victim of a riding accident, Sergio Rico is hospitalized in serious condition, we learned on Sunday from Paris Saint-Germain, of which he is the substitute goalkeeper. The accident happened in Andalusia, southern Spain.
“He is in serious condition,” said a PSG spokesperson. The Spanish international was on the bench in Strasbourg on Saturday evening during the match which crowned PSG champion of France.
According to Relevo, the accident occurred around 9 a.m., when a runaway horse hit the one the Parisian player was riding. According to the daily Mark, the Spain international is in stable condition.
Transported by helicopter
Victim of a craniocerebral trauma, Rico was transported by helicopter to the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville, where he was placed on life support, according to the local television channel Canal Sur.
Present on the bench on Saturday evening in Strasbourg during the match which crowned PSG champion of France, the Spanish goalkeeper was in Andalusia on Sunday morning, where he suffered this riding accident near his home in El Rocio, in the province of Huelva (southwest), according to the same media.