CHANNON HURT IN M1 DEATH SMASH; Ex-footballer's pal dies on M-way.Byline: By Tim Walsh FORMER 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. will undergo surgery today after being seriously injured in a crash in which a close pal died. Mick, 59, and son Jack, 15, were both hurt when the car they were in crashed into a flyover on the M1 as they returned to their Berkshire home on Wednesday. The ex-Southampton and Manchester City star's friend, 63-year-old racing agent Tim Corby, died in the crash. Race horse trainer Mick and his son were taken to Nottingham's 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. . The ex-England striker spent the night in intensive care after suffering broken ribs, a broken arm, a fractured jaw and a punctured lung. His son Mick said he will have surgery today to pin bones in his arm and have his jaw wired. He said Jack was left "battered and bruised" but was not seriously injured The casualty status of a person whose injury may or may not require hospitalization; medical authority does not classify as very seriously injured, seriously injured, or incapacitating illness or injury; and the person can communicate with the next of kin. Also called NSI. See also casualty status. . Video producer Mick, 33, said: "We have been absolutely out of our wits worrying about our own family. "But as for the Corbys, our hearts really go out to them. Tim was a friend of my dad's for more than 30 years. "He was a renowned figure in racing who was universally popular in the industry and he will be sorely missed by his many friends and, most of all, his family. "Dad is conscious and he's absolutely devastated at the loss of Tim. His heart goes out to Tim's wife Sheila and daughter Adriana." Police were called to the crash at the M1's junction 24, near Kegworth, after a report of a vehicle leaving the southbound carriageway carriageway Noun 1. Brit the part of a road along which traffic passes in one direction: the westbound carriageway of the M4 2. . Mr Corby died when the silver Mercedes he was driving left the motorway and hit a concrete pillar. CAPTION(S): HURT: Mick Channon; SMASH: Road was closed as cops checked wreckage at flyover |
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