Although Saddam's alleged employment of body doubles was widely publicized, Uday Hussein's two confidantes denied that he did. They said they knew of no other way to explain how his brother could appear at public events with him. Uday had several serious accidents in his car racing career. He was reportedly in a coma for three days after being hit by a truck in Germany in 1991 and later suffered severe head injuries when his own helicopter crashed while trying to rescue him from the Iraqi oil industry near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. Some sources claim that body doubles were used not only for public appearances but also during Uday's hospital stays because no one else would be allowed within 20 feet of him. However many doctors who treated him in Baghdad and London disputed this, saying that no one else was present during any of his admissions except for family members. There are some similarities between Uday and Saddam. For example, both men were reportedly very good-looking in their younger years and both had intense personal relationships with their drivers. However, unlike Saddam, who was often seen with several women at once, Uday is reported to have been married twice and to have had numerous affairs. He also allegedly used cocaine and heroin.