ROME – Race car driver turned Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a road accident on Friday.Zanardi was transported by helicopter to the Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following an accident near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race for Paralympic athletes on handbikes, police told The Associated Press.A Carabinieri police official in Montepulciano said the accident involved a “heavy vehicle" and he believed Zanardi was still alive.
The official did not give his name as per local custom.The accident occurred when Zanardi was descending a hill, lost control and veered into oncoming traffic where he was hit by a truck, the Gazzetta dello Sport reported.The Italian Olympic and Paralympic.