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Ronaldo crashes Ferrari on way to training
MANCHESTER United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo crashed his sportscar today - but has escaped uninjured.
The Portuguese international's Ferrari was involved in the collision in a tunnel near Manchester Airport at about 10.20am.
Ronaldo was able to get out of the vehicle himself and was spoken to by police at the scene.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said no-one was injured in the incident.
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.”
The crash happened in the tunnel which takes traffic under the airport runways between Wilmslow and Hale.
The red Ferrari was badly damaged in the collision with the front edge of the vehicle completely demolished. No other vehicle was understood to have been involved.
One of the wheels had come off in the incident and was about 200 yards behind where the vehicle had come to rest.
The winger came on as a substitute in the final 30 minutes of his team’s 1-0 Carling Cup defeat to Derby County last night.