[billorites]

"Quite a fall to do that kind of damage."

A more detailed account in the the Madrid newspaper makes it sound like he fell on some stairs. Drawings of the injury show it involves the proximal end of the femur. He's suffered from an arthritic hip so the surgeons plan to do an implant while repairing the other damage.

[unkus]

Thanks for the details, billorites. That explains that kind of damage.