Madrid: Spanish athlete Bruno Hortelano suffered a car accident on Monday and underwent a successful operation to reconstruct his right hand, his sports representative said.

Hortelano, who holds Spain's record for 100 and 200 meters, had been a passenger in a car that had an accident and was taken to a Madrid hospital, EFE news quoted Alberto Armas as saying. Later, Armas tweeted on his official Twitter account that Hortelano had "left the operating theater" and his prognosis was good.