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Argentine soccer great
Jorge Valdano was injured along with seven others in a helicopter crash
in Mexico City on Saturday, police said.
The helicopter crashed in a street in the capital's business district,
but police said there were no casualties.
All six passengers, along with the pilot and co-pilot, were taken to
hospital.
"Among the passengers was Argentine Jorge Valdano, the former
professional soccer player," said Gabriel Regino, deputy public security
chief for Mexico City, at the scene.
"They are stable, conscious, with injuries -- possibly one of them
seriously hurt, but it's not Valdano," he added.
The cause of the accident was not clear.
Valdano, 50, for many a soccer legend, was part of the Argentine team
that won the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. He later went on to coach Real
Madrid and eventually became the club's sporting director in 2000. He
resigned last year. |
