Colombo, Sept 23: Zimbabwe skipper Heath Streak suffered a suspected fractured shoulder in a road accident in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo today, a police source told a news agency. Streak was travelling in a three-wheel taxi that collided with a van at Colombo's fashionable cinnamon gardens area, police said.

"The three-wheel taxi overturned and streak had to be rushed to the Apollo private hospital," the source said. A member of the police team detailed to guard the cricketers said that streak had left his hotel without notifying the bodyguards deployed to protect visiting players.

"We provide security for the entire team, but in this case he had left the hotel without informing our people," a police official at the team hotel, Taj Samudra said.
The three-wheel taxis offer an unsteady ride, but they are a popular mode of transport because of lower fares.

They also contribute to a high percentage of fatal accidents on Sri Lankan roads.


It was not immediately clear why streak was travelling in a three-wheeler when the organisers had arranged coaches for the visiting teams. Bureau Report