SEATBELT SAVED MY SERGIO’S LIFE
Aguero’s father reveals Kun only put on belt after asking speeding taxi to slow down..
MOMENTS LATER THEY CRASHED SERGIO AGUERO escaped serious injury by seconds after putting on his seatbelt moments before the taxi in which he was travelling crashed.
Aguero is facing up to a month out after breaking a rib, when his taxi collided with a lamp post in Amsterdam on the way to the airport on Thursday.
Aguero’s father, Leonel del Castillo, said: “The taxi was driving very fast. ‘Kun’ asked him to slow down, put on his seatbelt and it
crashed instantly.” His father (above) added: “He was lucky. They put him on painkillers, he was released and was taken to Manchester.”
City’s top scorer will sit out today’s trip to Chelsea and could miss up to 11 games, including two World Cup qualifiers with Argentina.
He is two goals short of becoming the Blues’ all-time leading goalscorer and returned to Manchester yesterday to be assessed by the club’s medical staff.
“The taxi driver did not see the curve and skidded,” Aguero told Radio Metro de Argentina.
“And when he skidded, we hit the lamp post. I broke my rib, now I’m resting. It hurts me badly. I’ll be discharged in a little while.”