Police still waiting on Bolt’s account of crash

Alcohol use has been ruled out as the cause of a one-vehicle accident from which global sprint star Usain Bolt walked away uninjured, Jamaican police have revealed.

However, officers say they are still waiting to hear from the triple Olympic sprint champion after he provided a “sketchy” statement following Sunday’s accident, which damaged the front of Bolt’s BMW sports car.

Jamaica’s top traffic officer Senior Superintendent Radcliff Lewis was quoted in media reports as saying 25-year-old Bolt had passed a breathalyser test as results showed he was not drinking or under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident early Sunday morning in a busy area of Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston.

While the police have admitted they are still waiting to hear from Bolt as calls to a telephone number he provided went unanswered, they insist he will be given no celebrity treatment.

Reports claim police are coming under increased pressure from the public, some of whom allege Bolt was being given preference because of his celebrity status.

Lewis said if investigations proved Bolt was liable for prosecution, they would not hesitate.

“Not because he is a world sports celebrity are we going to compromise our position, but we have discretion and if it is to be applied it will be, so we need for him to come so that we can have dialogue,” Lewis was quoted as saying.