Heather Mills in ski accident while training for paralympics

While her ex-husband basks in the glow of his recent engagement, Heather Mills is recuperating in Austria after slamming into a steel-hard plastic pole while racing down the Alpine slopes.

The former model and prosthetic leg user sustained a fractured right shoulder blade in the accident and was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in the southern city of Lienz, a hospital spokesman said.

Local broadcaster ORF spoke to Mills, who said she crashed into a plastic pole that had apparently turned rock-hard because of the cold conditions.

“That’s skiing, you know,” she said.

According to the AP, Mills was released Thursday morning and is expected to make a full recovery. It’s not clear if she’s still in Austria or is heading back to her native Britain.

Mills recently bought a house in southern Austria and is reportedly training to compete in the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

It was reported earlier this week that Mills’ ex-husband, Paul McCartney, had become engaged to marry a third time, to businesswoman Nancy Shevell. The Macca-Mills union ended very very badly and cost him about $48.6 million in the divorce settlement.

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