Spinal Cord Injury
A car accident in March 1986 in France resulted in Williams sustaining a spinal cord injury and becoming paraplegic. While driving a Ford Sierra rental car from the Paul Ricard Circuit to Nice airport, Williams, lost control of the car which then rolled over causing him to be pressed between his seat and the roof resulting in a spinal fracture between the 4th and 5th vertebra. Williams's passenger Peter Windsor sustained only minor injuries. Since the accident, Williams has used a wheelchair.
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