ASTRAKHAN, July 10, Pavel Levkovich. The navigator of the Turkmen crew suffered a compression fracture of the vertebra , in connection with which the team completed participation in the Silk Way rally-raid, project manager Vladimir Chagin said. At the third stage of the Silk Way, the crew of the rider from Turkmenistan jumped on a double bump and landed unsuccessfully, the driver needed medical assistance. of the crew received a compression fracture of the vertebra L1. The crew leaves the race, but the main thing is that he returns to the race as a normal and healthy person. Our medical service keeps him under personal control. Yesterday he was taken to clinic No. 3 in the city of Astrakhan in the orthopedic department. I personally came to in the evening with the leaders of the FMBA. We talked with him, I supported him,» Chagin said. «We have very good experience in the treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries through KAMAZ. I immediately contacted the rehabilitation center of Elizarov's clinic and gave them all the information. At the moment, all the recommendations on the corset have already been given, at what angle it should be, and so on. Tomorrow the navigator will have this corset, this issue is under control. After the finish of the rally, the navigator will be delivered to his homeland in Turkmenistan. Now he should be in a supine position. The injury is not terrible, we have already encountered this. The main thing is the right treatment, rehabilitation, and then we will see him on the next Silk Road,” he concluded.
