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Hospital Reports Encouraging Signs for Juan Cruz Yacopini After Diving Accident

Doctors now report spontaneous breathing after reduced sedation, with the prognosis still guarded.

Overview

  • He remains in intensive care at the Clínica de Cuyo under a reserved prognosis as specialists monitor a serious cervical medullary injury at C1–C2.
  • Sunday’s medical bulletin said he was lucid after sedation was decreased and could breathe without ventilator support.
  • The 26-year-old sustained severe head and spinal trauma after diving into shallow water at Dique El Carrizal on Friday.
  • During transfer he suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and was resuscitated by emergency personnel before moving from Hospital Perrupato to the Clínica de Cuyo.
  • Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa confirmed he will not race the 2026 Dakar Rally, with any surgical decisions pending reduced spinal inflammation and further evaluation.