Source: CCTV.com
05-01-2009 09:48
Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica was hurt when he crashed his BMW sports car on the outskirts of Kingston on Wednesday.
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| Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt is followed by journalists while leaving the Spanish Town Hospital in St. Catherine parish, Jamaica, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Bolt was treated for minor injuries he received in a car crash on a rain-slicked highway when he lost control of his car and it went off the road. Bolt and an unidentified female passenger were taken to the hospital, though neither was seriously hurt, police Sgt. David Sheriff said.(AP Photo/Bryan Cummings, Jamaica Observer) |
Police said the world record holder lost control of the car and plowed into a ditch. He injured his left foot when he got out of the car. Doctors treated the sprinter at a nearby hospital, and released him along with his brother and a female companion.
Bolt dropped out this weekend's Jamaica International Invitational after the accident.
