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.