Julius Yego discharged from hospital after Eldoret accident

World Javelin champion Julius Yego has been discharged from an Eldoret hospital following an accident on Sunday night.

Yego was driving his brand new Toyota Prado along Kapsoya road near Equity Bank at around 10pm at the time of the accident.

He was taken to Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret town for tests and observations.

Dr Florentius Koech, a consultant at the facility, said the sportsman only suffered bruises.

The government and members of the public wished Yego well; he said he was lucky to be alive after the accident in which he collided with a lorry Eldoret-Nairobi highway.

Yego has stirred the world with the sporting skill he acquired through YouTube videos.

–the-star.co.ke