Sprinter escapes serious injury in crash
Published: Friday | January 2, 2009
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):
Double Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson was recuperating in hospital after escaping serious injury in a vehicular accident early yesterday.
The 23-year-old sprinter, recently named as T&T's Sportsman of the Year for his exploits at the Beijing Olympics, suffered a small cut to the forehead, a blow to the knee and also complained of neck pain.
Thompson underwent pre-cautionary scans and was being kept under observation at Port-of-Spain General.
