Ultramarathonist Adrian Șovea, in the hospital after being hit by a car during a charity race. He was raising money for psychotherapy for children

Ultramarathoner Adrian Șovea is admitted to Drobeta Turnu Severin County Hospital with several fractures, after being hit by a car, in Mehedinți, on DN 65 B, according to Actual Mehedinți.

The 27-year-old athlete was hit while running on the side of the road. A female driver traveling in the opposite direction lost control of the car, entered the opposite direction and then hit Adrian Șovea.

The young man was taken to the Emergency Hospital in Drobeta Turnu Severin, and the police opened a criminal case for culpable injury.

On April 27, Adrian Șovea announced, in a post on Facebook, that on May 1 he would start a race, entitled “The Road of Hope”, in which he would cover 2,800 kilometers in 50 days, running along Romania's borders.

“I grew up in a world that constantly told me I couldn't. However, I chose to be proof that nothing and no one can stop you if you refuse to give up on yourself.

I will not run for medals, but I will run for the more than 3,500 children in the protection system, in the Ajungem MARI project. These children have known difficulties, fears, lack of hope and they need our help”, wrote Șovea.

He aimed to turn every kilometer he walks into an hour of psychotherapy for children.

“Therapy is not a luxury, but the foundation on which these children can rebuild their future. Go to my Galantom page, adopt a kilometer and let's show them that they are not alone on the road to a better future”, wrote Adrian Șovea.

The page on which the athlete managed to collect more than 33,000 lei from donations of the 500,000 he had set as a target contains information with a more personal touch about Șovea, as well as the reasons why he started the race.

“At only two years old, I lost my mother, and my childhood was marked by deprivation, violence and the brutal loss of my grandfather. I grew up in an environment where the future seemed like a dead end. Sports and education taught me to breathe again and to discover that resilience means finding the strength to rebuild yourself. Today, I run because I want no child to feel invisible and without a future,” he wrote the ultramarathonist