Nov.27 (GMM) Charges will not be laid against Mark Webber following the Australian driver's cycling crash last week, Tasmanian police have confirmed.
Inspector Glen Woolley was quoted by a local newspaper on Thursday as suggesting either the formula one driver, or the driver of the four-wheel drive vehicle that struck his mountain bike head-on, could be charged with a traffic offence and summoned to court.
But in a subsequent statement, Tasmania Police said that while an investigation into the crash is ongoing, charges will not be laid.
Red Bull driver Webber, 32, is still recovering from surgery on the two broken bones in his right leg in a Hobart hospital, but is targeting a return to his single seater in February.
"At the moment there is pressure and swelling whenever I stand up.
"There is talk it will be like that for the next two or three weeks and come the first week of February we should be on target for me to be able to walk unaided," he told the BBC.
Written: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:44:59
[ Print View ][ E-Mail Article ]
- January 06, 2009Webber eyes February return
- November 29, 2008Webber moves to Melbourne
- November 27, 2008Injured Webber not facing charges - police
- November 27, 2008Buemi and Hartley to test RBR
- November 23, 2008Webber to miss winter testing - Red Bull
- November 22, 2008Webber hurt in bicycle crash
- November 14, 2008'Heavy' drivers KERS concern
- November 10, 2008Webber joins racism row
- November 01, 2008Mighty Massa makes it a race
- November 01, 2008Mighty Massa makes it a race
- (November 27, 2008)View all headlines from this date
