Cheryl Cole's arm in a sling after car crash with Will.i.am

Cheryl Cole has said she is "absolutely fine" despite her arm being in a sling after she was injured in a car crash with her manager Will.i.am earlier this week.

The Girls Aloud star was doing the radio breakfast show rounds this morning, just days after the American songwriter into a parked car while the pair were out for a takeaway in Los Angeles.

During an interview with Capital FM presenters Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon she revealed that she had been told to wear the sling for three days.

Asked by Snowdon if Will.i.am was a bad driver, Cole joked:

After the accident happened Cole tweeted to reassure her fans that she and Will.i.am were both fine.

The crash happened following a "long day/night in the studio" in the United States, according to Will.i.am's manager. He added that the artists were left a "little bit shaken" following the crash.