Triple world record holder Usain Bolt injured in car crash

[malaise]

http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=8541

Radio says he has a dislocated shoulder and some other minor injuries.
No word on the young lady- will update.

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Now there's irony for ya

On foot, he probably could have outran the other car.

[malaise]

2. Don't think another car was involved

Heard that he was turning off the highway and ended up in a ditch.
Lots of rain today and I'm betting he had no idea how fast he was driving.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Nooooooo! n/t

[malaise]

5. Everyone is OK - Jamaica was in a state of panic

which is mind-blowing given the lack of panic when the gas tax was announced last week.

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http://www.go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=8541
There were three of them in the car. Usain was driving too fast on a wet road. It's been raining all day. I doubt if he'll run in the Jamaica international meet this weekend.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article6195692.ece

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The 22-year-old’s BMW M3, a gift from Puma, his sponsor, as a reward for his outstanding performances at the Beijing Games last summer, careered off the rain-soaked Highway 2000, one of Jamaica’s newest routes, in St Catherine with a police officer alleging that the sprinter had been speeding. Bolt had been travelling into Kingston from Clarendon when the accident occurred.

The car finished upside down in a ditch and eyewitnesses said that both front tyres were punctured and the left-front wheel was almost torn off. The front windscreen was shattered and the back windscreen was totally removed. A member of the vehicle recovery crew said that there were tyre marks for about 50 metres before the car came off the road.

Bolt had been travelling with a female companion. Both were treated at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine and neither was said to have suffered worse than bruising. Norman Peart, the athlete’s manager, said that Bolt’s only injuries were three thorns stuck in a foot after he left the vehicle.

[spanone]

10. thanks

:hi:

[MADem]

4. Oh, no. I hope they'll be OK. nt

[malaise]

6. Pix

What's left of the Bimmer


Thorns in the feet

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20090429T190000-0500_150413_OBS_SPRINT_STAR_USAIN_BOLT_SUSTAINS_MINOR_INJURY_IN_CAR_ACCIDENT.asp

[Uzybone]

8. Phew,

glad he and the passenger are not seriously hurt.

[malaise]

11. Two passengers

and they're all OK.
Wet roads and speed do not mix. He will learn.

[MADem]

13. Him FEET!! Oh, de HI--RONY!!!

You have to watch the coral dust on those roads--they can turn into a skating rink with a little rain.

I am SO glad it's nothing more serious.

He clearly must have hit someone or something, though, (ON EDIT--I see you told us the car flipped, that would account for it) before he found himself in the ditch. That car looks beat to shit (unless it's his "demolition derby" car):

Examination of the car by this reporter revealed no blood inside the car and no airbags had been visibly deployed. Both front tyres were punctured and the left-front wheel was almost torn off. The front windscreen was shattered while the back windscreen was totally removed.

A member of a Highway 2000 wrecker crew said that there were tyre marks for about 50 metres before the car came off the road.



And I hope it wasn't his girlfriend's head that shattered the front windscreen.....

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Hope he's okay.

Shoulders can be hell. They can also mess up a lot of other mechanics. He should see the specialist in Alabama that all the professional athletes see. (Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL.)

[malaise]

9. No shoulder injury

Just thorns in his feet. I'm sure he'll be sore tomorrow.

How did no one post this for me.


Olympic runner Usain Bolt of Jamaica throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red - Saturday April 25, 09:24 PM
Sox at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday, April 25, 2009.

[malaise]

12. Some great pix from Boston

http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/usain-bolt-crashes-car/454061