A CUMBRIAN motorbike ace is in hospital after crashing at around 150mph during qualifying for China's Macau Grand Prix on Friday, November 20.
Tom McHale, 31, from Grange-over-Sands, is now in a stable condition after coming off his bike at the ultra-fast Mandarin Bend and is believed to have suffered multiple broken bones as well as bleeding on his brain.
Tom, who shone as one of just four newcomers at this year's Isle of Man TT, was treated initially at trackside before being taken to the intensive care unit of Conde S Januario General Hospital.
A statement posted on his Facebook page said: "Tom is stable after a long multi-surgery and the doctors believe that he will fully recover from his violent accident last Friday.
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"Tom still in ICU until he can become less dependent on artificial supports, and stronger to avoid any risks of infections."
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