CHANNON HURT IN DEATH SMASH.FORMER England footballer Mick Channon Michael Roger 'Mick' Channon (born 28 November 1948 in Orcheston, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a sportsman who enjoyed a career as a feared football goalscorer with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer. is to have surgery today after he was injured a car crash that killed his friend. The 59-year-old racing trainer, who is in intensive care with a broken arm, ribs and jaw and a punctured lung, was being driven by Tim Corby, whose car ran off the M1 near Leicester and hit a concrete pillar. Mr Corby, 63, a racing agent, died at the scene at 4.19pm on Wednesday. Mick's son Jack, 15, who was in the back, escaped with minor cuts and bruises. He was airlifted to the Queen's Medical Centre The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC or Queen's Med) situated in Nottingham, England, is the largest hospital in the United Kingdom. It was officially opened by the Queen on 28 July 1977, and admitted its first patient in 1978. , Nottingham, with his dad. Mick's eldest son Michael, 33, said: "He is absolutely devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. at the loss of Tim, who was a friend for over 30 years." The ex-Southampton striker had been travelling home to Newbury, Berks. CAPTION(S): STAR As player; SAINT Channon |
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