JOHANNESBURG: South African police are considering charges of reckless driving against triple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who suffered injur ies to his face in a boating accident, a report said on Tuesday.
Vanderbijlpark police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving against Pistorius, The Beeld newspaper said, quoting police spokesman Kinnie Steyn.
"The police are investigating the possibility that Pistorius did not hit a floating object like a tree trunk, but collided with a pier," Steyn said in the Afrikaans newspaper report.
He said police divers found the boat Pistorius was driving at the bottom of the river, near a pier which had been ripped from its posts.
Pistorius's manager, Peet van Zyl, said that doctors were confident that the star athlete will make full recovery.
"Doctors are quite confident that he will make full recovery... Doctors have not given a specific recovery time," he said on public radio Monday.
Pistorius suffered minor injuries to his face Saturday after a boat accident on the Vaal river, south of Johannesburg.
The 22-year-old, known as the "Blade Runner" after the carbon fibre blades that have replaced his lower legs, underwent an operation and has been placed on a ventilator in an intensive care unit of the hospital.
Pistorius was unable to compete in the Beijing Olympics but made up for that by winning the 400 metres, 100m and 200m at the Paralympics.
Pistorius, known as the fastest man on 'no legs', fought a court battle with athletics ruling body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over his right to compete at the Beijing Olympics which he won.
However, he failed to qualify, and is set on competing at the 2012 Games in London.
Source:http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Police-mull-reckless-driving-rap-for-Pistorius/articleshow/4182725.cms
Vanderbijlpark police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving against Pistorius, The Beeld newspaper said, quoting police spokesman Kinnie Steyn.
"The police are investigating the possibility that Pistorius did not hit a floating object like a tree trunk, but collided with a pier," Steyn said in the Afrikaans newspaper report.
He said police divers found the boat Pistorius was driving at the bottom of the river, near a pier which had been ripped from its posts.
Pistorius's manager, Peet van Zyl, said that doctors were confident that the star athlete will make full recovery.
"Doctors are quite confident that he will make full recovery... Doctors have not given a specific recovery time," he said on public radio Monday.
Pistorius suffered minor injuries to his face Saturday after a boat accident on the Vaal river, south of Johannesburg.
The 22-year-old, known as the "Blade Runner" after the carbon fibre blades that have replaced his lower legs, underwent an operation and has been placed on a ventilator in an intensive care unit of the hospital.
Pistorius was unable to compete in the Beijing Olympics but made up for that by winning the 400 metres, 100m and 200m at the Paralympics.
Pistorius, known as the fastest man on 'no legs', fought a court battle with athletics ruling body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over his right to compete at the Beijing Olympics which he won.
However, he failed to qualify, and is set on competing at the 2012 Games in London.
Source:http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Police-mull-reckless-driving-rap-for-Pistorius/articleshow/4182725.cms
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