Usain Bolt walks barefoot from the Spanish Town Hospital after a motor vehicle accident along Highway 2000 in St Catherine. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine:

Triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt walked away with minor bruises yesterday, after his multimillion-dollar BMW M3 overturned on Highway 2000.

Bolt's manager, Norman Peart, told The Gleaner that the 23-year-old sprinter suffered splints to his left foot when he stepped on thorns after alighting from his damaged 2009 BMW M3.

He said the thorns were removed at the Spanish Town Hospital where Bolt was treated.

Latoya Taylor, 20, and 19-year-old Venecia Crew, both passengers in Bolt's vehicle, also escaped serious injury, Peart said.

The front and back of Usain Bolt's wrecked BMW M3, at a storage facility last night. After being treated at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine yesterday, Bolt told journalists and well-wishers that he was doing well. - Winston Sill/ Freelance Photographer

He was unable to say if Bolt will honour immediate meet appearances.

He was scheduled to run at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday at the National Stadium.

"We can't say right now. He'll do further tests in the next 48 hours before we can determine that," Peart said.

Bolt seemed to be in good spirits when he left hospital.

"Mi good, man, mi good," the lanky sprinter said as he exited the Accident and Emergency Department.

News of the accident caused anxious moments for Bolt's family in rural Sherwood Content, Trelawny.

"When I realised it was true, a weak feeling just came over me," said his father, Wellesley. "I was very worried because the hospital refused to release any information on him."

The senior Bolt said he contacted his wife, Jennifer, who is abroad, and told her that their son was all right.

Last night, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Olivia Grange, expressed her relief that Bolt was not hurt in the road accident.

"I was able to speak to Usain by telephone while he was at the hospital. He was his usual self in our conversation and he told me he was fine," Grange said. "Usain was examined by the doctors and discharged from hospital. He has been instructed to rest."

According to Sergeant David Sherris of the Old Harbour Police Station, Bolt was driving towards Spanish Town at 1 p.m. When he reached Bushy Park he lost control of the vehicle, which overturned and was extensively damaged.

Bolt was the star of last year's Olympics in Beijing, China. He won three gold medals - 100 metres, 200 metres and was a member of the 4x100 metres team - returning world record times in each event.

He subsequently received several awards, including Athlete of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations.