F1 driver Webber breaks leg in cycling accident

HOBART, Australia (AP) -- Formula One driver Mark Webber has had surgery on his broken leg after being hit by a car during his charity multi-sports race.

Geoff Donohue is event director for the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge. He told The Associated Press that Webber will be in hospital for at least three days.

Tasmania Police Sgt. Jon Ford said Webber, who drives for F1's Red Bull team, was riding a bicycle along a road near historic Port Arthur in the southeast of the island state of Tasmania when he collided with a four-wheel drive vehicle.

Donohue said Webber had a pin inserted into the leg, and that the Australian driver had no other serious injuries.

He said "the broken leg is the injury, and beyond that, he's in really good shape."

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