French radio station RMC has reported that Michael Schumacher suffered from brain hemorrhage and is now in critical condition following a skiing accident on Sunday morning at at Méribel, in the French Alps.

With no new information released by the Grenoble Hospital, where the seven-time World Champion is being treated, rumours were spreading on social media that the 44-year-old German had passed away from his injuries.

An official statement from Schumacher’s management is expected shortly.

Preliminary reports stated Schumacher fell on his own, hitting his head on a rock.

Méribel director Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte told RMC radio: “He fell at 11:07am (CET) while skiing off-piste at Meribel. He was wearing a helmet and banged against a rock.

“Emergency services intervened quickly, at 11:15am. He was airlifted to hospital at Moûtiers (about 15km) away. He was shocked, a bit shaken up but conscious.

“There’s maybe a concussion but it’s not very serious.”

A spokesman for the first-aid responders in Méribel told CNN that Schumacher was indeed wearing a helmet, but said he had suffered “a relatively bad head injury.”

He said Schumacher had been transferred from the Hospital of Moutiers to the trauma center at Grenoble Hospital but said the injury was “not life-threatening” and that he had been conscious at the scene of the accident, according to CNN.

More information as it becomes available.