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Motorsports legend Travis Pastrana says he broke his back and hip in his horrifying parachute crash last weekend … but somehow, he said he’s expected to make a full recovery.
The X Games gold medalist and daredevil posted a video update from his hospital bed Thursday … explaining his failed base jump attempt off a high-rise hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. last Saturday resulted in some serious injuries.
The 38-year-old said he broke the L5 vertebra in his back and suffered “multiple hip fractures” and a “pinned sacrum.”
Fortunately, Travis said he’s already up and moving around following the surgery … adding, “Doctors say it’s not going to be really any worse than what it is when I went in, which isn’t saying much. Everything was fused down there anyway.”
Pastrana went on to thank his sponsors, his fans and his family following the near-tragedy.
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As we previously reported, Pastrana hit the ground hard after he appeared to deploy his parachute just a little too late after leaping off a building on Saturday morning.
He was rushed to the hospital in “serious but stable condition,” authorities said.
Unclear when he’ll be back up and inside of a racecar or on top of a bike again … but judging by his update Thursday, it doesn’t seem it’ll be too long.