Bolt suffers car crash

Olympic athletics sensation Usain Bolt was treated in hospital on Wednesday after a road accident, police said.

The 22-year-old overturned his BMW motor car on Highway 2000, one of Jamaica’s newest highways, at about 1:30 in the afternoon, Sergeant David Shepherd of Old Harbour police in St Catherine said. The Olympic sprint champion, who was travelling with a female companion, reportedly walked away from the overturned vehicle with bruises.

Bolt’s manager Norman Peart said shortly after the crash that the sprinter was expected to leave the hospital soon. “He was walking around and talking and his brother Sadiki was with him, and we expect that he will be released to go home soon,” Peart said.

While the exact nature of Bolt’s injuries was not immediately known, sports minister Olivia Grange also said that they did not appear to be serious. Bolt, who was treated at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine, had just returned to Jamaica from a promotional event for sponsor Puma in Boston last weekend.