Kyle Sandilands' chauffeur reveals long list of serious injuries following weekend crash in Sydney
George Plassaras, 52, is nursing several broken bones and internal wounds following a head-on collision involving a Mercedes van and a Rolls-Royce at Rose Bay.
It happened at Rose Bay in Sydney 's eastern suburbs in the early hours of Saturday.
Plassaras, who works for radio giant Kyle Sandilands, revealed the lengthy and delicate rehabilitation period he has ahead of him.
'I've got no right hip. It's totally gone,' he told Wednesday's episode of the Kyle & Jackie O Show from hospital, reported DailyMail.
'I've just been lying flat since Saturday, since the accident.'
'Long list of injuries'
Plassaras has a broken spine, broken ribs, two broken hips, two broken femurs, a ruptured spleen and diaphragm, and a torn abdomen.
The driver is expected to be off work for weeks if not months, given the ongoing surgeries and because doctors have not been able to assess all the damage to his spine.
'After the hip (surgery), I've got to do my right knee, they've got to check my X-ray for my spine, once I do my hip,' Plassaras said.
'There's a long list of injuries.'
Plassaras was trapped in his Mercedes and had to be cut free from the wreck about 3.30am on Saturday.
Police charges
A 23-year-old woman allegedly behind the wheel of the Rolls-Royce has been charged with causing bodily harm by misconduct, and refusing or fail to submit to breath analysis.
'She was subjected to a roadside breath test, returning a positive result,' NSW Police said in a statement.
'She was arrested and taken to Waverley Police Station where she allegedly refused to undergo a breath analysis.'
She will next appear in Downing Centre Local Court on August 15.
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