Actor Rowan Atkinson is in hospital after reportedly being injured in a car crash in Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n
The Blackadder star is believed to have suffered a minor shoulder injury when the car he was driving hit a tree and lamppost and caught fire.<\/p>\n
It is understood the crash happened on the A605 at Haddon near Peterborough at 19:30 BST on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Media reports said he walked from the McLaren F1 super car and waited with a motorist until an ambulance arrived.<\/p>\n
Firefighters arrived on the scene to put out the fire.<\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Crews brought the fire under control by 8.13pm. They made the vehicle safe and used one hose reel to put out the fire.<\/p>\n
“There was one casualty but he was not trapped.”<\/p>\n
East of England Ambulance Service said a man was taken to Peterborough City Hospital with “a minor shoulder injury” following the crash.<\/p>\n
Atkinson achieved fame through BBC shows Not The Nine O’Clock News and Blackadder, before gaining international recognition in Mr Bean, in which his hapless character drives an old Mini.<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/p>\n