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Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell on Thursday apologised for a bizarre car accident resulting in injuries to three Ugandan officials, including the team's Chef de Mission, at the Games Village. "We regret that very much. It's being investigated. This has caused some damage to the officials. Security has been raised," said Fennell at the customary morning media conference at the Main Press Centre. Fennell further said the Commonwealth Games Federation were not directly involved with the incident. "The federation is not directly involved with that. It was done by a contractor. I asked about the welfare of the workers who were injured. I have been assured that they were taken care of. I am not aware of anybody being critically ill," he added. Meanwhile, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot giving details of the accident said there were four persons inside the car (including the driver). "They were taken to the Village polyclinic and an MRI was done before they were shifted to a hospital (G B Pant Eye hospital) outside the Village," he added. It has been reported that the three injured Uganda officials have been discharged from the hospital. A spiked metal barrier guarding any breaches of the first check point at the athletes' village VIP entrance was activated suddenly in error, throwing the car into a sideways spin just yesterday.

Fennell apologises for injury to Ugandan officials