Cristiano Ronaldo’s £1.7m Bugatti Veyron damaged in crash

The damaged Bugatti was later taken away on a tow-truck covered in a blue tarpaulin

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Cristiano Ronaldo had just left his Majorcan holiday home for a day out with his family when one of his bodyguards crashed his £1.7million Bugatti Veyron.

The 37-year-old dad-of five was in another vehicle in a small convoy with his loved ones when his employee came off the road and smashed into a stone wall.

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Respected island newspaper Cronica Balear said the unnamed bodyguard got out of the car to continue his journey and left other staff employed by the Man United footballer at the scene to receive the police.

It was not immediately made clear where the Portuguese international could have been heading, but he has been pictured enjoying days out with his family on his £5.5 million Azimut Grande superyacht which is moored in Port Adriano in the south-west of Majorca.

Cristiano is believed to be renting a luxury villa near the scene of Monday morning’s accident on a minor road near Joan March Hospital in the municipality of Bunyola.

The damaged Bugatti was later taken away on a tow-truck covered in a blue tarpaulin.

Cronica Balear said security staff left to look after the car while they waited for the police to arrive “had done everything possible to make sure curious locals who recognised the Bugatti as Cristiano’s tried to take photos.

The identity of the person at the wheel has not yet been revealed, but it is well-known Cristiano Ronaldo and his family are protected in Cheshire by Portuguese twins who served as soldiers with an elite special forces unit in Afghanistan.

The strongmen have been named as Sergio and Jorge Ramalheiro, who went on to become part of a Portuguese close protection unit tasked with watching over the likes of politicians and judges after serving in Afghanistan.

Portuguese celeb magazine Flash said the twins, part of a set of triplets, had been hired by Cristiano after they asked to go on unpaid leave from the PSP police to pursue other interests.

The third brother, named as Alexandre, is still understood to be working as a police officer

Spanish police confirmed on Monday afternoon they had no information to suggest Cristiano had been in the car at the time.

One well-placed source said: “The car smashed into a wall but there was only material damage with no-one injured and the driver accepted full responsibility for what happened.

“The information about who was behind the wheel and what occurred is registered on a police database and is there for a court or officers to access if any further investigations need to be conducted.

“But it is more a case of the information needing to be registered so the owner of the property that was damaged can put in a compensation claim and use the police report as a back-up in case there is any dispute down the line about how the damage was done.”

Another insider added: “The accident happened on a minor road near Joan March Hospital.

“The car appears to have come off the road and has hit a wall which forms part of the protection to a house with a gas canister deposit behind it.

“An employee of Cristiano’s was apparently driving at the time and not the footballer himself.

“Cristiano was not at the scene when officers arrived and nor was the person who officers were told had been driving the car at the time of the accident.”

Well-placed police sources described the car that was damaged as a Bugatti Grand Sport, confirming it was Cristiano’s £1.7 million Bugatti Veyron that was involved as local press reports indicated and not his limited edition £8.5 million Bugatti Centodieci.

Initial reports after the 37-year-old dad-of-five jetted to Majorca last week said he had transported the Bugatti Centodieci to the island along with a Mercedes-Benz G-Class before it was subsequently reported the Bugatti was the cheaper Veyron.

The car’s whereabouts was not immediately clear on Tuesday although police said its owner or aides would have been responsible for arranging the tow-track that took the vehicle away.

The only emergency responders who attended are understood to have been police. Sources said neither firefighters or paramedics were mobilised.