NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch suffered a broken collarbone after falling from his vehicle in victory lane on Saturday, according to his post on social media.

“Thank you everybody for reaching out today,” he wrote. “I’m out of the hospital and getting better already. Thankfully, CT scans for my head are clear, I just have a broken collarbone.”

The Xfinity Series points leader had won his sixth race of the season at the Watkins Glen International race track in New York when the accident occurred .

Zilisch was climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet to celebrate his victory when he slipped from the driver’s side window, where he had placed his left foot, apparently after catching it in window netting. He then tumbled headfirst onto the ground.

Zilisch, 19, did not move as he was

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