Everton’s Gibson charged
LONDON: Everton midfielder Darron Gibson was charged charged in connection with an alleged hit-and-run case with a cyclist on Sunday, according to British media reports.
The 27-year-old Ireland international was accused of driving under the influence of alcohol after the crash in Altrincham, Greater Manchester and is due before Trafford Magistrates’ Court on Sept 1, the reports said.
The midfielder was driving a black Nissan lixury sports car when police say he hit bike near his home in Altrincham, Cheshire, before driving off and hitting a petrol pump.
“This is in relation to an accident on Sunday Aigust 16 where police were called to reports that a car had collided with a cyclist on Park Road, Trafford, and failed to stop before pulling into a petrol station on nearby Dunham Road and colliding with a pump,” a Greater Manchester Police spokesman was quoted as saying by the BBC.
The spokesman also confirmed that the cyclist was not harmed.
The former Manchester United man joined the Merseyside club in January 2012 and is currently recovering from groin injuly.AGENCIES