Johnson injured in car crash in NZ

Former England captain Martin Johnson has escaped serious injury after the car he was driving collided with another vehicle during bad weather in the New Zealand province of Waikato.

Johnson was driving two friends to a reunion with his former team-mates when the accident happened in the Kaimai Ranges, near Hamilton, during a freak hailstorm.

Although Johnson’s hire car suffered extensive damage the World Cup winner was not injured.

Johnson is in New Zealand on a speaking tour.