Rock legend hospitalised in car crash after passing out behind the wheel
KISS legend Gene Simmons was rushed to the hospital after crashing his Lincoln Navigator into a parked car in Malibu.
The 76-year-old rocker reportedly passed out behind the wheel on Pacific Coast Highway Tuesday.
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His SUV was sent veering across several lanes before slamming into the vehicle.
In a voicemail message sent to local outlet NBC4, Simmons said: “I am doing fine.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Simmons informed deputies he had lost consciousness prior to the collision.
His wife, Shannon Tweed, said the bassist is now recuperating at home.
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She told NBC4 that Simmons’ car careened across traffic during the accident after he fainted.
Tweed also revealed Simmons had recently undergone a medication change and needs to stay better hydrated — something she joked isn’t exactly his strong suit.
It comes as actor Josh Hartnett was also hospitalised after a late-night crash in Canada.
The SUV he was riding on collided with a police patrol car in Newfoundland in the early hours of September 25, leaving both vehicles badly damaged.
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The Pearl Harbor and Oppenheimer star, along with his 59-year-old driver, was treated for minor injuries, while the officer involved was also checked over.
Hartnett has since been released from hospital and returned to work on a Netflix series he’s been filming in the province.
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Meanwhile, a Grey’s Anatomy actor and popular celebrity photographer was killed in a car accident at the age of 46.
Last month, Brad Everett Young was hit by a car travelling in the wrong direction as he was returning home from a movie.
Young died on the scene on the Ventura Freeway in Los Angeles, while the other driver was hospitalised and survived, his publicist, Paul Christensen, said.
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He began his acting career in the late 1990s, but he was a mainstay on the red carpets of Hollywood.
Young made appearances in films including Love & Basketball, Charlie’s Angels, and I Love You, Man, as well as television shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Boy Meets World.
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