American alpine skier Scott Macartney’s crash in alpine world cup downhill race in Kitzbühel was probably the worst crash in this season. Scott Macartney crashed in Kitzbühel with high speed (140 km/h) and hit his head heavily on icy ground, resulting into unconsciousness. He lost both of his skis as well as his helmet and glided over the finish line. As paramedics arrived, Scott Macartney’s body was shaking on ground and it looked like he had suffered a neurological trauma. After the first aid unconscious Scott Macartney was transported to a hospital in Innsbruk.

Latest news of Scott Macartney tell that he is recovering and is not unconscious anymore. Scott Macartney suffered concussion, but did not breake any bones or suffer other injuries. Scott Macartney is still in hospital in Innsbruck and doctors expect him recovering 100%.

As Scott Macartney approached the last jump of the run, commentator in television was singing “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to..“, but quickly stopped when Macartney crashed. The day when Scott crashed was his 30 years birthday. Scott Macartney lost his control in the last jump, fell on ground with 140 km/h speed and hit his head heavily on Streif slope.

Scott Macartney was born in January 19th. in 1978 in Seattle and grew up close to Crystal Mountain in the state of Washington. While Scott went skiing every weekend, his parents were members of the volunteer ski patrol organization of the mountain. With almost no funding Scott Macartney worked his way up through regional teams and became one of the skiers in the Alpine Skiing World Cup.

In January 2006 Scott Macartney became second at the Super G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The 2006 Winter Olympics were his second Olympics. Now in January 2008 Scott Macartney crashed in Kitzbühel, but has quickly regained consciousness and is recovering from the accident.

Sources: various online news sites and Wikipedia.