Champion jockey, 20, preventing for all times in intensive care after late-night automobile crash
Champion apprentice jockey Joe Leavy, 20, is being treeated in intensive care after he crashed his car at 1.26am on Saturday morning as his trainer gave an update on his condition
A Champion apprentice jockey is in hospital fighting for his life after a late-night car crash.
Joe Leavy is being treated in intensive care after crashing his car at 1.26am this morning on a rural road near Lambourn.
The 20-tear-old sustained serious injuries to his collarbone and jaw but luckily avoided any other serious harm.
Leavy was driving the car with two other passengers at the time of the crash. Both passengers needed hospital treatment but have since been released.
A spokesman for the Thames Valley Police said: “Officers were called at around 1.26am on Sunday to Newbury Road in Eastbury, Hungerford following a single vehicle collision. The three occupants, two men and a woman, were all taken to hospital. One man remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.
“The other man and the woman have been discharged from hospital. No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.”
Promising jockey Leavy was named Champion Apprentice on Champions Day at Ascot in October. His boss Richard Hannon has said he was lucky to escape with the injuries he did.
The trainer said: “Joe is now off sedation and he is speaking with his family. It looks like he has suffered a collarbone and jaw injury, but he is very lucky.
“His mum is grateful that he is now out of the woods and the focus is now on helping him make a full recovery.
“His family are extremely thankful to the ambulance crew and medical team at the hospital in Oxford.”
It isn’t the first time Leavy had a lucky escape either. Back when he was aged 16, he ended up in a coma after a “bad accident”.
Trainer Hannon told Great British Racing: “He had a bad accident one winter and he was in a coma for a bit..
“He’s done his apprenticeship and it’s been quite a tough one. He’s come through the ranks and he fully deserves to be where he is today. He’s a good man and an extremely good rider.
“When your mother and father work in the same company as you do you have to keep your head down, keep quiet and not get above your station so he’s quite well managed behind the scenes by them.”
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