12/09/2011 12:42
Alexander Galimov, plane crash survivor, dies in hospital
Russia's Lokomotiv hockey player, Alexander Galimov, who was severely injured in a plane crash on September 7, died on Monday in a Moscow hospital, the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery said in a statement, according to RIA Novosti.
"On September 12, in the morning, despite continuing therapy using all possible contemporary treatment, Alexander Galimov died from severe burns in the burn center of the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery," the statement said.
Galimov, who had suffered burns to 80% of his body, was sent to Moscow Institute of Surgery on Thursday together with another survivor, a member of the crew, Alexander Sizov.
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