Heather Mills hurt in ski crash

Heather Mills has suffered a skiing accident while on holiday in Austria
12 April 2012

Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills has been admitted to hospital with a serious shoulder injury after a skiing accident in southern Austria.

Mills is reported to have crashed on the Moelltaler glacier on Wednesday.

She was flown by helicopter to a hospital in the town of Lienz.

Hospital spokesman Alfred Fast said Mills, who has a fractured right shoulder blade, is in pain but is expected to make a full recovery.

He said she will be returning to Britain today.

Former model Mills married ex-Beatle McCartney in 2002. They divorced in 2008.

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