“I almost killed myself”: Egan revealed that 20 bones were broken in the crash against the bus

The champion reappeared very encouraged from the clinic where he is undergoing his recovery.

Colombia News.

Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist current champion of the Giro d’Italia, reappeared this Thursday from the clinic where he is recovering, after suffering a serious accident when he was training on his bicycle, a fact that is already public knowledge and that has generated support from all Colombians for the also champion of a Tour de France 2019.

The 25-year-old from Zipaqui, posted a photo a few minutes ago from his room at the La Sabana Clinic, a first-rate care center where he is recovering from injuries and post-surgery after recently undergoing surgery on his spine, surgery that was all a success.

In his publication, Egan revealed details of the fractures he suffered as a result of the strong collision with a bus on a highway in the department of Cundinamarca on January 24.

“Almost 20 broken bones,” he wrote in his post detailing the bone injuries he suffered in the incident: Eleven ribs, femur, patella, T5-T6. odontoids, metacarpal, a thumb, I knocked out a tooth and perforation of both lungs.

Egan feels very lucky to be alive after this episode that has had an entire country on edge that cries out for his speedy recovery.

“I almost killed myself, but you know what?…I am grateful to God for putting me through this test. It is being the toughest race, but I have had a group of excellent people around me, “said the rider of the British team INEOS.

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The cyclist also revealed that the post-operative is going well:

“Yesterday I had the last major surgery and it seems that everything went well. So now to recover and make this another », she expressed.

“I will be back as a rock,” he concluded in his message.

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For his part, Juan Guillermo Ortíz Martínez, director of the La Sabana University Clinic based in Chía, spoke of Egan’s recovery and stated that he went from being in the ICU to the Intermediate Care room, a great advance in his process.

“It’s a big step,” said the doctor.

Cover photo: @eganbernal

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