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| Ronnie O'Sullivan in M1 car crash on way home from snooker final | Ronnie O'Sullivan in M1 car crash on way home from snooker final |
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| Snooker ace Ronnie O'Sullivan was involved in a car crash as he travelled home from defeat in the world championship final. | Snooker ace Ronnie O'Sullivan was involved in a car crash as he travelled home from defeat in the world championship final. |
| The five-times world champion and his six-year-old son, Ronnie Jnr, were travelling in an Audi R8 sports car. | The five-times world champion and his six-year-old son, Ronnie Jnr, were travelling in an Audi R8 sports car. |
| Both were unhurt in the crash, which happened on the M1 near Leicester at about 01:30 BST. | |
| It is believed they freed themselves from the wreckage and were said to be left "shaken". | It is believed they freed themselves from the wreckage and were said to be left "shaken". |
| The crash came just hours after the 38-year-old lost the final to Leicester's Mark Selby by 18 frames to 14 at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield. | |
| A police spokeswoman confirmed that an adult and child were involved in a crash on the motorway's southbound carriageway. |