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Floersch undergoes 11-hour operation after Macau crash

Sophia Floersch underwent successful surgery that lasted 11 hours on Monday, according to her father, having suffered a spinal fracture in a sickening crash during the Macau Grand Prix's Formula 3 race on Sunday, which also injured four more people. Floersch fractured the seventh cervical vertebra in the incident, in which Japanese driver Sho Tsuboi also sustained injuries. The 17-year-old slid out of control on the outside of track limits and appeared to be vaulted into the air as she passed back over kerbs, hitting Tsuboi before slamming into the temporary structure that housed photographers and marshals. Tsuboi was discharged from hospital after treatment, while two photographers and one...
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