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Olympian Linford Christie discharged from hospital after head-on car crash

London, May 19 (ANI): Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie, 50, was discharged from a hospital in Buckinghamshire on Tuesday, hours after being involved in a head-on crash.is car collided with a taxi - in which three other people were injured.

The former 100m gold medallist staggered from his mangled Audi A8 and lay on the ground in agony clutching his stomach.

Two ambulances rushed to the country road in Buckinghamshire shortly before midnight.

Minicab driver Naeem Akhtar broke both arms and legs as well as a foot and ankle, while two male passengers in his Mercedes E220 suffered broken bones.

Of the other three injured, a police spokesman said: "They remain in hospital in a serious but stable condition."

A woman also travelling in the taxi escaped injury. (ANI)

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:07 [IST]
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