As we previously mentioned, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was involved in a car accident in Baltimore on Thursday night.
Luckily, no one involved was seriously injured. Eyewitnesses had originally blamed Phelps, saying he was speeding and ran a red light. But Phelps just caught a lucky break.
Turns out the cops are putting the blame on the other driver involved in the crash, stating that the woman driving a Honda Accord was the one who sped through a red light and crashed into Phelps.
As for Phelps, who pleaded guilty to driving drunk back in 2004, he was not given a Breathalyzer test this time.
The department’s chief spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi, revealed, “There was no need. He was completely coherent. He was cooperating with police. We have a witness statement as to what occurred. We knew it was going to make national news and everyone was going to watching this and every news agency was going to be hiring their best accident investigators and we wanted our best on it.”
As for the female driver, she was described as shaken up, but after being treated at a nearby hospital she was released and is said to have suffered neck and arm injuries.
We give it a matter of time before she speaks out publicly about the whole ordeal. Wonder if she’ll deny the reports and blame Phelps?
[Phelps image via Getty Images.]