MEXICO CITY, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Former Argentine soccer star Jorge Valdano and seven other people were injured Saturday as a helicopter they were riding in crashed in Mexico City, Mexican civil aviation officials said.

    The eight were taken to the ABC Hospital immediately. None of them were in life-threatening situation, according to the doctors.

    The private chopper was carrying the passengers from Mexico city to the airport in Toluca, 55 km west of the capital. It went down in the Lomas de Chapultepec district shortly after taking off, damaging a parked car.

    The cause of the accident has yet to be determined, but officials said overweight from passengers and fuel might be responsible for the accident. The pilot steered the helicopter into trees to avoid hitting the ground directly at full speed, they added.

    Valdano, 50, played with Diego Maradona on the Argentine soccer team that won the World Cup in Mexico city in 1986. Enditem