The Roots - The Roots' ?Uestlove In Car Crash

THE ROOTS star AHMIR '?UESTLOVE' THOMPSON is nursing an injured hand after he was involved in a car crash in Houston, Texas on Sunday morning (04Oct09).

The producer and drummer took to his online blog in the early hours of Sunday to tell fans of his close encounter, initially insisting he had escaped unscathed.

He wrote on his Twitter.com page, "I gots (sic) to be the golden child. Survived yet another car crash unscathed. The cab however..."

But in another post a few moments later, Thompson admitted his hand had suffered slightly in the collision.

He added, "Left hand feels pain but in the scheme of things I'm happy to be alive and leaving Houston."

It's the second car accident Thompson has been caught up in in the last year - last November (08), the acclaimed hip-hop band survived a bus crash in Paris, France, escaping with minor cuts and bruises.