Editing Ron Turcotte (section)

==Personal life==
Born in Drummond, New Brunswick, Turcotte was one of 12 children. He left school at age 14 to work with his father as a [[lumberjack]], then at age 18 headed to Toronto looking for construction work.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honoured Member - Ron Turcotte|url=http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=32&catID=&lang=EN|website=www.sportshall.ca|access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref>

Turcotte now lives in his home town of Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife Gaëtane and their four daughters. He is an advocate for those with disabilities and helps to raise funds for disability programs.<ref>L'Heureux, Juliana, [http://www.mainewriter.com/articles/Ron-Turcotte.htm "French-Canadian Jockey a Horse Racing Legend"]</ref>

As a well-known survivor of an on-track accident, Turcotte makes appearances at racetracks to raise funds and awareness of the assistance that the [[Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund]] (PDJF) provides to fellow injured riders.<ref>[http://www.pdjf.org/stories.php "Stories: Ron Turcotte"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917145050/http://www.pdjf.org/stories.php |date=2010-09-17 }} - Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund website</ref>

Turcotte was hospitalized on March 9, 2015, following a single-vehicle accident in New Brunswick. The van he was driving flipped after hitting a snowbank. Turcotte and a friend were both injured in the accident.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/12457200/secretariat-jockey-ron-turcotte-car-accident-canada] - ESPN Horse Racing website</ref> Turcotte sustained fractures to both legs, while his friend suffered minor injuries.<ref>[http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Triple-Crown-winning-jockey-Ron-Turcotte-injured-in-crash-295882841.html] - WKTY website</ref>