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29-04-2003, 11:10pm
Don't know if any of u guys are interested but i thought i would post this anyway.My deepest sympathy's to the Bourne family and best wishes.
His family said in a statemtn on Monday that the reigning Australian rally champion had been left severely brain damaged after a head-on collision with another driver on 18 April.
"The extent and severity of the injury was not fully apparent until the weekend just gone when ventilation support was decreased that Possum deteriorated and had to go back onto full support.
"Evaluation today including a brain scan confirms the original injury was very severe and continuing full support is no longer in Possum's best interests," the statement said.
The accident with another competitor's vehicle happened during a pre-race inspection for a hill climb competition near Queenstown.
It took race officials more than an hour to free the unconscious 47-year-old from his vehicle after the crash, while the driver of the other car suffered only minor leg injuries.
Bourne is New Zealand's only professional rally driver and in 20 years of racing has won the Asia-Pacific title three times and the Australian rally on nine occasions.
His family said in a statemtn on Monday that the reigning Australian rally champion had been left severely brain damaged after a head-on collision with another driver on 18 April.
"The extent and severity of the injury was not fully apparent until the weekend just gone when ventilation support was decreased that Possum deteriorated and had to go back onto full support.
"Evaluation today including a brain scan confirms the original injury was very severe and continuing full support is no longer in Possum's best interests," the statement said.
The accident with another competitor's vehicle happened during a pre-race inspection for a hill climb competition near Queenstown.
It took race officials more than an hour to free the unconscious 47-year-old from his vehicle after the crash, while the driver of the other car suffered only minor leg injuries.
Bourne is New Zealand's only professional rally driver and in 20 years of racing has won the Asia-Pacific title three times and the Australian rally on nine occasions.