Canadian IndyCar driver Robert Wickens transferred to hospital near home

INDIANAPOLIS — Canadian IndyCar driver Robert Wickens has been transferred to a hospital near his home of Indianapolis to continue his recovery after a frightening crash.

The native of Guelph, Ont., was moved to IU Health Methodist Hospital on Thursday after 12 days at the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Pennsylvania following an Aug. 19 incident at Pocono Raceway.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Wickens’s team, said the 29-year-old will soon undergo further surgery on his lower extremities.

Wickens went spiralling into the wall after touching Ryan Hunter-Reay’s car during the IndyCar race on Aug. 19. He was then airlifted to hospital.