MONTREAL (AP) – Robert Kubica escaped injury in a spectacular crash Sunday near the midway point of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Team officials first reported the 22-year-old driver from Poland broke his right leg. Later, they said the leg was not broken, and other than being sore he had no apparent injuries.

After the accident, medical personnel removed him from the car and took him to the track’s medical facility. He was transferred by helicopter to a hospital for further examination.

Kubica, one of the rising stars of Formula One, was racing with the Toyota of Jarno Trulli and the Ferrari of Felipe Massa when he suddenly veered off course into the grass as they drove toward the hairpin turn.

Kubica’s BMW Sauber slammed into the inside concrete wall, then somersaulted across the track in a shower of debris. It hit the outside wall and came to rest with what was left of his car on its side.

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