Little British Comedian
(from http://www.sofcom.com )
"British comedian Rowan Atkinson escaped unhurt when his Aston Martin
car crashed during a weekend race meeting, organisers said. Atkinson,
better known for driving a Mini as Mr Bean in the 1997 film comedy Bean,
was competing in the Aston Martin Owner's Club event in England when his
V8 Zagato left the track.
"I believe his brakes had failed or did not work and he went off the
track and hit a barrier," said Steve Cooper, financial director of Croft
Racing Circuit near Darlington, north-eastern England.
"It was a racing incident and he was shaken up but was not injured,"
Cooper said.
A spokeswoman for Atkinson's agents said the star raced quite a lot and
was fine after Sunday's crash.
It wasn't Atkinson's first crash. In 1999, the star walked away unhurt
after his MacLaren racing car crashed. In March this year he was
involved in an ordeal aboard a chartered private plane while vacationing
with his family in Kenya.
When the pilot of the twin-engine Cessna passed out at 4,900 metres
Atkinson grabbed the controls until the pilot recovered enough to land
the plane."
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