Michael Schumacher: 'paralysed and in a wheelchair'

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher with his wife, Corinna, in Italy.

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is paralysed and in a wheelchair – cannot speak and has memory problems, according to his close friend and former driver Philippe Streiff.

Streiff, who is a close friend of the seven-time champion, is himself wheelchair-bound since a crash in Brazil during pre-season tests in 1989 left him a quadriplegic, The Telegraph reports.
In a radio interview, the Frenchman said: “He (Michael) is getting better but everything is relative. It’s very difficult. He can’t speak. Like me, he is in a wheelchair paralysed. He has memory problems and speech problems.”


Streiff, 59, was seen visiting Schumacher when the German was in intensive care in Grenoble Hospital, France.
Schumacher, 45, was transferred to Lausanne Hospital, Switzerland, in June and he is now being cared for at his home on the shores of Lake Geneva.
It was December 29 when he suffered a freak ski accident in the French Alps which left him brain damaged and fighting for his life.

Source- Times