Rescuers feared Gascoigne was dead after car crash
London: Troubled soccer legend Paul Gascoigne was feared to be dead after rescuers dragged him from a crashed car. Gazza was rushed to hospital with head and chest injuries
after the car ploughed into a lamppost on Newcastle Quayside on Sunday night.
His dad John, brother Carl and sisters Lindsay and Anna-Marie, visited him. "He
was in such a bad way I thought he might not make it - or may even be dead," The
Sun quoted an onlooker, as saying. Gazza is believed to have been the front-seat
passenger in a Vauxhall Astra driven by a 36-year-old woman, who was arrested
on suspicion of drink-driving. Witnesses said the motor was doing 60 to 70mph
in a 30mph area. One witness said it bounced back into the road after the impact.
"We saw a car speeding around the corner. There was a massive crash. The car was
smoking. Gazza looked really bad - there was blood everywhere," said student Andreas
Weihs. Bar manager Calvin Blamire said: "Gazza was on his back with a lot of blood
coming from his mouth."
