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Ronaldo crashes Ferrari on way to training
Thursday 8 January 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo has escaped unhurt after crashing his Ferrari sports car into a roadside barrier in a tunnel near Manchester airport. The car was badly damaged when it was involved in the accident at 10.20am today on the A538 Wilmslow Road, but the 23-year-old Manchester United winger was not injured. Ronaldo was on his way to training when the accident occurred, but he later arrived at the ground and took part in the training session. His car crashed in the tunnel which takes traffic under the airport runways between Wilmslow and Hale, Cheshire. Witnesses said Ronaldo got out of the car and stood beside the wreckage, apparently not injured in the incident. The car, registered in his home country of Portugal, is part of a fleet owned by Ronaldo. The Portuguese winger was spoken to at the scene by police investigating the incident. It is understood no other vehicles were involved but the aftermath of the crash was seen by a fellow United player. The United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was travelling behind Ronaldo, at the wheel of his own Bentley, at the time of the accident. It is understood the players were making their way from their homes in Cheshire to United's Carrington training complex. A witness described how the front edge of the sports car had been demolished while one of the front wheels had sheared off and could be seen 200 yards away from the scene. A rear tyre was flat. The witness said: "I got there just after the accident had happened and saw the state of the car. It is amazing he got out of it without a scratch." A spokesman for Greater Manchester police said: "We are investigating a road traffic collision in the airport tunnel on the A538. It appears a Ferrari has collided with a barrier in the tunnel. Enquiries are continuing. The driver is being spoken to at the scene. It does not appear he has been injured." United confirmed the incident had taken place and that the Ballon d'Or winner was unhurt. A club spokesman said: "He was involved in an incident this morning. No other cars were involved. He's fine and is training as normal with the team this morning." Ronaldo appeared as a substitute last night in United's 1-0 Carling Cup semi-final first-leg defeat at Derby County. The next leg is played at Old Trafford in a fortnight. ![]() A rear view of Cristiano Ronaldo's car after his crash with a roadside barrier Photograph: Manchester Evening News Syndication |
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The Ferrari 599 GTB, worth close to £200,000, lies battered in the tunnel where it crashed Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo escaped without injury after his Ferrari sportscar hit a roadside barrier in a tunnel near Manchester airport One of the wheels was ripped clean off in the accident ![]() The vehicle, which is reported to be an immediate write-off, is lifted on to a trailer ![]() Only the night before the accident, the Portuguese player had come off the bench to feature in United's 1-0 Carling Cup defeat to Derby Last edited by Abruzzy; 01-17-2009 at 04:35 PM. |
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A risk too far: Ronaldo's Ferrari crash may cost him dear, say insurers He may have walked away from the wreckage of his £200,000 sports car with barely a hair out of place but Cristiano Ronaldo could still end up paying a high price for the accident. The Manchester United star lost control of the 205mph red Ferrari 599 GTB in a tunnel near Manchester airport early yesterday morning, hitting one wall before careering across the carriageway and hitting the other. To the amazement of onlookers, the 23-year-old emerged unhurt from the car, which he had owned for just two days. Today the UK's insurers seemed to be in an unforgiving mood to offer him a new insurance deal. A spokesman for the AA said a quick ring-round of its insurers had failed to elicit a single offer. "We cannot find anybody who would touch him with a bargepole," said a spokesman. "The minimum age to get insured for that car would be 25 and then the best price we could find would be £44,000 but if the person had had an accident that would go up to around £100,000." But the AA said most insurers would be reluctant to cover any professional footballers – whatever car they drive – because they are seen as a high risk group. "It's not just the cost of the car itself. Imagine if there were three Premiership footballers in one car and they received injuries that meant they couldn't play again. We would be paying out for loss of earnings, paying sponsors for failure to fulfil contracts – the costs just go on and on." Tony Chilcott, the head of Churchill car insurance, said the Portuguese player's "individual circumstances" meant he was not Churchill's ideal customer. "The combination of his occupation, age and the car he was driving does make him a high risk. It seems that sometimes football players can be much more experienced at controlling a football on the pitch than a powerful car on the road." And if the winger, who is said to earn around £120,000 a week, were to downsize to a 1.0 Fiesta? "Possibly, I suppose," said a Churchill spokeswoman. "But it would still be difficult because he is under 25 and wouldn't have any no-claims so I really don't think it is very likely." There was a slightly more optimistic response from specialist motor insurer Adrian Flux. Its underwriting manager, Gerry Buck, said "anything is possible", adding that the company had once insured a famous boxer in his early 20s for a McLaren F1 car. "It can be done," said Buck. "It just depends how much money he is prepared to pay. Off the top of my head I would think it would be £40,000 as an absolute minimum and possibly quite a lot more." |
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this way old news i mentioned this in one of my posts
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