Anderson dragged clear of burning car after crash

[Dibby]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/01/manchester-united-anderson-car-crash

The Manchester United midfielder Anderson was dragged unconscious from the burning wreckage of his car after a crash yesterday morning that is now the centre of a police investigation in Portugal.

Anderson, signed for £18m three years ago, spent several hours in hospital after the accident on a rural road in the Geres area of Braga, with witnesses reporting he owed his life to being pulled "lifeless" from the vehicle shortly before it exploded.

According to local reports, the 22-year-old Anderson, increasingly becoming renowned for his partying lifestyle, had spent the night at the Sardinha Biba nightclub before leaving in a £125,000 Audi R8. The crash occurred at 7am when the high-powered car came off the road and hit the wall of a farm before flying into a field.

Although the French-registered car was a two-seater, Anderson had two companions – a friend, whose name was given only as Victor, and a young Brazilian woman, whose details have not been released. It is unclear who was driving but there were unconfirmed allegations it could lead to a drink-driving charge and a possible offence of allegedly having excess passengers. Manchester United were unavailable for comment tonight.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Fingers crossed he's alright, though sounds like he could have to answer a lot of questions once he's back on his feet.

 

[mil1lion]

Lucky he wasn't alone, but sounds like he was up to no good. Still nobody deserves that and hopefully he learns from it.

Maybe we should sign him just to piss off Gibbs :think:

 

[spurs_girl_tasha]

If it was because he was drink driving I have no sympathy for him. Let's hope his passengers are okay.

 

[riversmonkey]

When you see the picture of the wrecked car it's amazing that nobody got seriously injured.

 

[Kendall]

Lets not be too hasty in judging. He might not even have been driving the thing.

 

[stevenurse]

Glad hes ok, nobody wants to see anyone injured but if he was driving or not, he still got in a 2 seater car with 2 other people.

such a risk to throw away a privileged lifestyle he has

 

[stevethfc]

Lets not be too hasty in judging. He might not even have been driving the thing.

Exactly. People are so quick to jump to conclusions, lets hear the bloody story first ffs

 

[mil1lion]

Early hours of the morning after spending the night at a nightclub, 3 people in a 2 seater, like I say it sounds like they were up to no good. Whether they were or not remains to be seen. But the signs aren't good, and even if he was a passenger, if the driver was drunk then he shouldn't have got in.

 

[RobinLeonard]

Did they actually pay 18 millions for him? Insane.