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Originally Posted by Bloomberg, October 14 2014

GoPro shares slump after link to Michael Schumacher accident

GoPro shares fell 10 per cent today after reports linked the sports-camera maker to the ski accident of retired race car driver Michael Schumacher, sparking safety questions about the use of the cameras.

Sparking the share slump were reported comments from French commentator Jean-Louis Moncet, who linked the camera Schumacher was wearing at the time of the accident to the injury.

"The problem for Michael was not the hit, but the mounting of the Go-Pro camera that he had on his helmet that injured his brain," Moncet told a French radio station.

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Jeff Brown, a spokesman for San Mateo, California-based GoPro, said in a e-mail that the company is trying to get more information about the reports before issuing a statement

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http://www.smh.com.au/business/marke...14-115nvi.html