FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH A CAR ALONG THE SPECIAL STAGE, CERUTTI, WHO
WAS NOT AT FAULT, SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO THE TIBIA AND FIBULA OF HIS
RIGHT LEG AND TO HIS LEFT PATELLA
Milan, 17 July 2026 – Jacopo Cerutti was involved in an accident on the sixth day of the Ro
Rally Marathon, the third round of the European Tout Terrain Rally Cup Championship,
currently taking place in Romania. During today’s special stage, the Aprilia Tuareg Racing team
rider collided with a car travelling in the opposite direction along the route.
Cerutti was immediately assisted and admitted to Bacău Hospital, where he is currently under
observation in satisfactory general condition. He sustained a displaced and fragmented
complete fracture of the tibia and fibula on the right leg, and of the patella of the left side. The
medical team has already performed initial stabilisation of the fractures; surgery is scheduled
for tomorrow morning at the Bucharest University Hospital, after which his return to Italy will
be planned.
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