Hybridisation of the carbon carrying the unpaired electron?

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Hi,

In vinyl radical, CH2=CH* (* -unpaired electron)

what is the hybridisation of the carbon carrying the unpaired electron?
 
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The unbonded electron still occupies an orbital of it's own.