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Panucci in shock following crash Saturday 13 September, 2003
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Christian Panucci is unlikely to play after he was involved in a car crash on Friday evening.
The Roma defender is relatively unhurt, but a woman and her two-year-old daughter in the other vehicle suffered more serious injuries.
Reports maintain the former Inter and Milan man is suffering from shock and minor whiplash.
His Porsche was in a head-on collision with another vehicle on the via Fioranello, just outside Ciampino Airport.
According to eyewitness reports, the other car appeared to veer on to the opposite lane and Panucci’s reflexes avoided a more powerful impact.
The player, who had just arrived at the Rome airport, swerved to avoid the on-coming vehicle and his car came to a halt in a nearby canal.
Although not badly hurt in the crash, club doctors are hesitant to field him for Sunday’s Serie A match with Brescia.
Vincent Candela is also out of action with a calf injury, so Luigi Sartor should step in to the back four.
This is hardly a new incident for Roma, as in August Francisco Lima was unhurt despite smashing into a row of parked cars at 6am.
Last year Jonathan Zebina borrowed teammate Vincent Candela’s Ferrari and crashed into a group of bins in the early hours of the morning.
Vincenzo Montella was stopped for speeding, while Antonio Cassano saw his licence suspended after riding a motorbike without a helmet.
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