British bobsleigher Serita Shone who, along with bobsleigh driver Fiona Harrison, survived a mishap of sorts after a 70mph crash during training for the British Championships in Winterberg, Germany, is recovering in hospital after she having undergone a spinal surgery.

According to the information shared by performance director Gary Anderson, Shone – who is still in intensive care unit – will have to undergo a second surgery in the next few days, though she has regained the sensations in her legs.

Anderson told BBC Sport that the first operation that Shone – an ex-heptathlete from Weymouth – underwent was to stabilise the fracture in her legs; and the second operation that she will undergo in the next 3-4 days will chiefly repair the damage.

Meanwhile, the Barnsley driver Harrison, who is also a former athlete, suffered a head injury in the crash accident; and was fit enough to be discharged from hospital on Friday.

Going by the reports, Harrison and Shone’s sleigh apparently crashed and flipped over, leading to one of the rare incidents of a serious accident that occurred on turn 13, close to the finish of the run.

Stating that neither Shone nor Harrison have the slightest memory of the moments that led to the crash, and that such accidents are rarely serious, Anderson said: “Ninety nine times out of 100 you would walk away from something like this with bumps and bruises!”