BREAKING NEWS: It has been reported that NAACP Image Award winning comedian and actor, Kevin Hart has been involved in a serious car accident and has sustained “major back injuries.”
TMZ reports that the comedian has been injured after his car careened off a highway in Malibu Hills. Kevin was one of three passengers inside his Plymouth Barracuda when it crashed just before 1 AM Sunday on the Mulholland Highway.
According to the crash scene video below, the car smashed through wooden fencing along the roadside into a ditch causing the roof to be completely crushed by the impact. It has also been reported that Hart was not driving at the time of the accident, but him and the driver both suffered major back injuries, cops said.
Local police confirmed that a car belonging to Hart veered off the road into a ditch just before 1 a.m. on Sunday morning. Kevin was treated at a hospital following him first going to his home nearby to receive medical attention after being picked up by a member of his security team who showed up in an SUV according to a witness. The witness also stated that Kevin was the first to be able to get out of the totaled vehicle.
As for the third person in the vehicle, the unidentified woman was ok and didn’t require hospital treatment. Currently, there is no word on Kevin Hart and the driver’s condition.
Stay tuned as we will be providing more information as the story develops. For now, take a look at the images from the scene below.
