Usain Bolt involved in car crash after 'losing control of vehicle'

Usain Bolt was involved in a minor car crash shortly before dawn yesterday in his homeland of Jamaica, but the world's fastest man was not hurt.

Publicist Carole Beckford said the three-time Olympic champion was returning from a party with friends in the early hours of the morning. when he was involved in a 'fender bender' in Jamaica's capital of Kingston.

'There were no injuries at all. He is fine and resting at home,' Ms Beckford told The Associated Press in Jamaica.

Smash: Usain Bolt was involved in a minor car crash shortly before dawn yesterday in his homeland of Jamaica, but the world's fastest man was not hurt

Crash: Olympic runner Usain Bolt was involved in a car accident Sunday morning after allegedly losing control of his BMW and hitting a guard rail

Police in the Half-Way-Tree area where the accident took place say they are still investigating, but it appears that the sprinting champ somehow lost control of his black BMW and swerved into guard rails shortly after 5 a.m. local time.

Fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell was traveling in another car at the time and was at the scene of Bolt's accident.

 

'My friend and countryman @usainbolt is ok after a fender bender,' Powell's Twitter account said on Sunday morning.

The athlete's Twitter feed dispelled rumors that he was also hurt: 'Contrary to the news, I was in another car.'

Injuries: The three-time Olympic champion, pictured center, was not injured according to his publicist

Rumours: Friend and sprinter Asafa Powell helped dispel rumours that he was in the vehicle with him through Twitter after he was seen at the accident's site

Bolt and Powell had just returned to Jamaica after competing at the Diamond League meet in Norway.

At that meet, Bolt recovered from a poor start to win the 100 meters in 9.79 seconds, beating Powell by 0.06 seconds.

Bolt remains undefeated this year. The Jamaican star hasn't lost since failing to defend his title in the 2011 world championships in South Korea after being disqualified in the final for a false start.

It's not the first time Bolt has been in a worrying car crash in Jamaica.

Prior crash: In 2009 Bolt crashed a previous black BMW of his, pictured, flipping it into a ditch but escaping unharmed aside from minor surgery required on his feet

Slipped: The cause of that 2009 crash, with two female passengers, was not identified while the roads were reported slippery from recent rain

In 2009, Bolt crashed a previous black BMW, flipping it into a ditch along a highway with two female passengers, CNN at the time reported.

He required minor surgery on his left foot after stepping onto thorns while getting out of the wreckage.

A month after the accident, Bolt told reporters: 'After something like that you look at life through and over, and look at what has gone wrong - where you should improve or should be careful.'

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