Accident at Village injures Ugandan delegates

New Delhi: Mayor of the Commonwealth Games Village on Thursday apologised to the Uganda delegation for a freak accident in which three Ugandan officials, including the team's Chef de Mission were injured.

Uganda's Chef De Mission William Tumwine, Administrative Officer Iren and Press Attache Juliet were injured on Tuesday night when the official Games car they were in braked suddenly and hit the hi-tech underground sharp metal stoppers that had sprung up as they were entering the Village.

"The mayor of the Games Village (Dalbir Singh) came to us, offered a bouquet of flower and apologised for the incident on behalf of everybody. I am happy that the mayor came and consoled us," Uganda Chef de Mission William Tumwine said.

Tumine, however, blamed Delhi Police for the incident and said nobody from the force came to see the injured officials and offer regret for the incident.

"Nobody from Delhi Police came to us and apologised.

But we are happy that the mayor came," he said.

The three injured persons were admitted to G B Pant Eye hospital and were released after treatment today.

Earlier, Uganda's Minister of State for Sports Charles Bakkabulindi demanded an apology from the Indian authorities for the incident.