British comedy actor Rowan Atkinson, best known for playing the character Mr Bean, suffered a minor injury as the supercar he was driving crashed and caught fire, emergency services said.
Car enthusiast Atkinson needed hospital treatment after the McLaren F1 car he was driving spun off the road near the village of Haddon, in eastern England, before crashing into a tree and a lamppost on Thursday (local time).The 56-year-old walked away from the accident before firefighters arrived and put out the blaze.
"We were called to the scene of a single vehicle collision on the A605 near Haddon," a local police spokesman said.
"The driver of the vehicle, a man, was taken to Peterborough City Hospital."
A police source confirmed the man involved was Atkinson.
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