BSB Donington Park: Chrissy Rouse suffers 'significant head injury' after crash in race three
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Sunday’s final BSB race at Donington Park was marred by a serious crash involving Newcastle rider Chrissy Rouse.
The 26-year-old crashed on the Crowe Performance BMW at the exit of Goddards on the opening lap and was unavoidably struck by a following rider.
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Hide AdRouse, who hosts the Chasin’ the Racin’ podcast with fellow racer Dominic Herbertson, sustained a ‘significant head injury’.
An official statement on Sunday evening said Rouse ‘crashed heavily on the opening lap of the race, exiting Goddards Corner’.
It added: “The race was immediately stopped. Chrissy Rouse sustained a significant head injury.
"He was stabilised and put in a medically induced coma at the medical centre by the BSB medical team before being transferred to Queens Medical Centre/University Hospital, Nottingham for further investigations and treatment.”