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MONTREAL - Members of Natasha Richardson?s family gathered at a New York hospital where the Tony-winning actress was reportedly taken with a serious head injury after falling on a Canadian ski slope.
Richardson, 45, part of the Redgrave dynasty of British actors and the wife of Liam Neeson, was flown from Montreal to New York on Tuesday after the accident, a person close to the family, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Richardson?s condition was very serious and her family was highly distressed, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing two people close to her family who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
A family friend told People.com ?there is no chance? of recovery. ?It is a fact that her heart is beating but she is brain dead,? the unidentified friend told the magazine.
A reporter from the Toronto Star earlier reported seeing a distraught Neeson crouched inside the back of an ambulance at Montreal?s Sacre-Coeur hospital as Richardson, wrapped in blankets and with tubes covering her face, was loaded inside. Neeson had immediately left the Toronto set of his upcoming movie, ?Chloe,? to be by her side in Montreal, a publicist for the film said.
A statement from the Mont Tremblant resort said Richardson fell on a beginners trail and later reported not feeling well.
?She did not show any visible sign of injury but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor,? said the statement from the resort, about 80 miles northwest of Montreal.
The ski resort said the instructor and a member of the ski patrol accompanied Richardson to her hotel, where they again recommended she be seen by a doctor. Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said Richardson said she seemed fine at first.
?An hour later she said she didn?t feel well. She had a headache, so we sent her to the hospital,? Lacasse said. ?There were no signs of impact and no blood, nothing.?
The New York Times quoted Lyne Lortie, a spokeswoman for Mont Tremblant, as saying Richardson wasn?t wearing a helmet.
Richardson, 45, part of the Redgrave dynasty of British actors and the wife of Liam Neeson, was flown from Montreal to New York on Tuesday after the accident, a person close to the family, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Richardson?s condition was very serious and her family was highly distressed, The New York Times reported Wednesday, citing two people close to her family who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
A family friend told People.com ?there is no chance? of recovery. ?It is a fact that her heart is beating but she is brain dead,? the unidentified friend told the magazine.
A reporter from the Toronto Star earlier reported seeing a distraught Neeson crouched inside the back of an ambulance at Montreal?s Sacre-Coeur hospital as Richardson, wrapped in blankets and with tubes covering her face, was loaded inside. Neeson had immediately left the Toronto set of his upcoming movie, ?Chloe,? to be by her side in Montreal, a publicist for the film said.
A statement from the Mont Tremblant resort said Richardson fell on a beginners trail and later reported not feeling well.
?She did not show any visible sign of injury but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor,? said the statement from the resort, about 80 miles northwest of Montreal.
The ski resort said the instructor and a member of the ski patrol accompanied Richardson to her hotel, where they again recommended she be seen by a doctor. Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said Richardson said she seemed fine at first.
?An hour later she said she didn?t feel well. She had a headache, so we sent her to the hospital,? Lacasse said. ?There were no signs of impact and no blood, nothing.?
The New York Times quoted Lyne Lortie, a spokeswoman for Mont Tremblant, as saying Richardson wasn?t wearing a helmet.
