Natasha Richardson In Critical Condition After Ski Accident

On Monday, British born actress, Natasha Richardson fell while taking ski lessons on a beginners trail at Station Mont Tremblant near Montreal. She did not wear a ski helmet when she fell during the private ski lesson at the bottom of the beginner's run. Richardson was transported back to the U.S. and is in critical condition.

She was with an experienced ski instructor who immediately called the ski patrol at the time of the accident. Tremblant's spokewoman, Lyne Lortie says in a statement that Richardson, "did not show any visible sign of injury, but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor." Another rep for the resort, Catherine Lacasse, said that she "was laughing and joking" after the accident.

Lortie also says that the ski patrol as well as the instructor accompanied the actress to the hotel and recommended her to see a doctor. The ski patrol stayed with her at her hotel.

"Approximately an hour after the incident, Mrs. Richardson was not feeling good," Lortie says. "An ambulance was called and Mrs. Richardson was brought to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe and was later transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur." Her husband, actor Liam Neeson, rushed to her bedside.

Richardson checked out of Hopital du Sacre-Coeur at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and was transported to Lenox Hill hospital in New York City that evening. Her family are at her bedside now.

I hope that she pulls through and recover.

Source: Us Magazine