Frank Williams disability???
Joe Norris
>Subject: Frank Williams disability???
>Date: 18 Oct 1996 22:08:04 GMT
> Could someone inform me as to Frank Williams disability.
> From what I've noticed, it appears as though he only
> partial use of his arms and hands, indicating that he
> suffers from some type of quadriplegia. Yet from what?
> Did he suffer a spinal cord injury? Some other illness?
Frank suffered a broken neck (spinal cord injury) in a road auto accident some
years ago. The team was driving back across France from a Paul Ricard testing
session when the accident occurred.
Joe Norris
Central Wisconsin, USA
e-mail: jno...@tznet.com
Christian Ehrnrooth
Joseph Corrigan wrote:
>
> Could someone inform me as to Frank Williams disability.
> From what I've noticed, it appears as though he only
> partial use of his arms and hands, indicating that he
> suffers from some type of quadriplegia. Yet from what?
> Did he suffer a spinal cord injury? Some other illness?
>
> Joseph Corrigan
> corr...@astro.ocis.temple.edu
Frank had a car accident in 1986 coming from a test session at Paul
Ricard in southern France. He was driving his rental Ford Sierra very
fast (as he always did), went off the road and the car flipped over.
There was a chance the car could've caught fire so he was pulled out of
the car from his head which caused his already broken neck to get more
damaged.
X-ian
Finland
Tim Harrington
Christian Ehrnrooth <christian...@lmf.ericsson.se> wrote in article
<327787...@lmf.ericsson.se>...
All true but he wasn't driving someone else was, but I don't remeber the
name.
momo
Sandy Morton
Frank Williams does not have an illness.
he is very lucky to be alive - his road car fell off of
the road in (?) France.
Sandy Millport
on the bicycle island
Matthew
yes he WAS driving the car at the time. the passenger in the car was
peter windsor an australian who was the team manger at williams at
the time
Jax
In article <n257...@sandymillport.demon.co.uk>, Sandy Morton
<atmo...@sandymillport.demon.co.uk> writes
>Frank Williams does not have an illness.
>
>he is very lucky to be alive - his road car fell off of
>the road in (?) France.
--
Jax
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Malcolm Walters
Joseph Corrigan wrote:
>
> Could someone inform me as to Frank Williams disability.
> From what I've noticed, it appears as though he only
> partial use of his arms and hands, indicating that he
> suffers from some type of quadriplegia. Yet from what?
> Did he suffer a spinal cord injury? Some other illness?
>
> Thanks
> Joseph Corrigan
> corr...@astro.ocis.temple.edu
I can't really remember the details but he is paralysed from the waist
down.
Malcolm.
Jacquie
It was in January 1986 that Frank had his car accident. He was driving
through France on his way back from watching his new car testing at Paul
Ricard with Peter Windsor. He was driving quickly (as all people in
motor racing do) and couldn't negotiate a slight kink in the road. He
thought he'd end up in the field, but he didn't realise that there was a
huge drop. The front pillar came in and hit him squarely on the top of
his head. This damaged his spinal cord and he's now a quadraplegic
(sp?). But being the man he is, he didn't want to give up and be pushed
around by someone else, so he forced himself to use his shoulder muscles,
which he found he still could slightly control.
A tough cookie.
Hope this helps.
From Jacquie
Charles Crosby
Jax (nut...@nuttll.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: >he is very lucky to be alive - his road car fell off of
: >the road in (?) France.
: Was this a bit like Coulthard`s car 'falling' into the pit wall ;-)
Yes, and he never tried to deny it.
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Tim Harrington wrote:
>
> Christian Ehrnrooth <christian...@lmf.ericsson.se> wrote in article
> <327787...@lmf.ericsson.se>...
> > >
> > > Could someone inform me as to Frank Williams disability.
> > > From what I've noticed, it appears as though he only
> > > partial use of his arms and hands, indicating that he
> > > suffers from some type of quadriplegia. Yet from what?
> > > Did he suffer a spinal cord injury? Some other illness?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Joseph Corrigan
> > > corr...@astro.ocis.temple.edu
> >
> > Ricard in southern France. He was driving his rental Ford Sierra very
> > fast (as he always did), went off the road and the car flipped over.
> > There was a chance the car could've caught fire so he was pulled out of
> > the car from his head which caused his already broken neck to get more
> > damaged.
> > X-ian
> > Finland
> >
>
> All true but he wasn't driving someone else was, but I don't remeber the
> name.
>
> momo
He was driving. He said later "It was my fault. I was driving too fast.
There's nothing more to it than that."
John
As rightly said, Frank Williams was driving the car and lost it on a wide
bend. The accident occurred between Le Camp and Brignoles, just inland from
Bandol in southern France. The car plunged off a secondary road into a
field, there was a drop of about 2 metres from the road and the car flipped
over a couple of times. His passenger, who helped to pull Frank from the
wreck, was Peter Windsor, a former GP journalist. It took 45 minutes for
medical help to arrive on the scene and another 45 minutes to get Frank to
the hospital at Toulon.
john
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Paul Silver
jno...@tznet.com (Joe Norris) wrote:
>>Subject: Frank Williams disability???
>>Date: 18 Oct 1996 22:08:04 GMT
>> From what I've noticed, it appears as though he only
>> partial use of his arms and hands, indicating that he
>> suffers from some type of quadriplegia. Yet from what?
>> Did he suffer a spinal cord injury? Some other illness?
>Frank suffered a broken neck (spinal cord injury) in a road auto accident some
>years ago. The team was driving back across France from a Paul Ricard testing
>session when the accident occurred.
And just to add to the story a little - most of his treatment actually took
place in Britain. Fortunately for Frank he was rich enough to insist on
getting flown back. He didn't want to stay in France because their standard
treatment for a broken neck is no treatment - including no food / drip or
anything. He was helicoptered back to some specialists in England.
Paul.
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AFArmer
He was returning from a testing session at the Paul ricard circuit in
France (in 1986?) when he was involved in a car accident, with Peter
Windsor. He was badly hurt and was critical for several days. I believe
the car may have overturned, but cannot find any more details.
Joseph Corrigan <corr...@astro.ocis.temple.edu> wrote in article
<548v44$m...@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>...
> Could someone inform me as to Frank Williams disability.
> From what I've noticed, it appears as though he only
> partial use of his arms and hands, indicating that he
> suffers from some type of quadriplegia. Yet from what?
> Did he suffer a spinal cord injury? Some other illness?
>
> Thanks
> Joseph Corrigan
> corr...@astro.ocis.temple.edu
>