Double Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson was recuperating in hospital after escaping serious injury in a vehicular accident early yesterday.

The 23-year-old sprinter, recently named as T&T's Sportsman of the Year for his exploits at the Beijing Olympics, suffered a small cut to the forehead, a blow to the knee and also complained of neck pain.

Thompson underwent pre-cautionary scans and was being kept under observation at Port-of-Spain General.