Former Adelaide forward Tony Modra is well and truly on the mend from his horrific truck crash last week, with Crows legend Mark Ricciuto revealing he spoke to him for the first time since the incident.
Modra was taken to hospital last week after a freak incident near Victor Harbor which resulted in multiple surgeries on his jaw, cheekbone and eye socket.
Ricciuto provided the latest positive update.
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"He is improving a lot. He did not sound like the old Tony Modra. He sounded like a bloke who didn't want to move his head and probably couldn't half move his head. He sounded completely different at this stage, but he still had Mods' sense of humour which was awesome to hear," he said on Triple M.
“He is still trying to have a laugh in super tough times. He did sound like he was in enormous pain, and he is because he's had so many operations. But fingers crossed he's had his last one there for a while. I had a chat to him and it made me feel good and hopefully it made him feel good, so yeah he's on the improve which is bloody good.
“I think he's out of the worst woods you can be in. Now he's just living with the pain and waiting to get better and dealing with all the emotional stuff that you deal with of having an accident."
