Kevin Hart Reportedly Sustained ‘Major Back Injuries’ in Car Accident

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Kevin Hart was involved in a car accident early Sunday morning in Los Angeles where he suffered "major back injuries," TMZ reports.

Shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Hart’s 1970 Plymouth Barracuda veered off the road of the winding Mulholland Highway in the Malibu Hills, crashing into a wooden fence before landing in a ditch. The roof was reportedly crushed upon impact.



E! News has learned that even though the vehicle belongs to Hart, his friend Jared Black was driving the car at the time of the accident. Hart left the scene and was allegedly transported to his nearby home for medical attention when an SUV came to pick him up. He was later taken to a local hospital.

Black and a third passenger, Rebecca Broxterman, were originally trapped inside the car following the accident. Both were able to escape with Broxterman suffering no injuries. Black and Hart, however, allegedly “sustained major back injuries.”




.@CHPWestValley officials confirm actor/comedian @KevinHart4real was seriously injured after a friend, who was driving Hart’s 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, lost control of the car and rolled it down an embankment in Malibu Hills. @KNX1070 has obtained a copy of the CHP report.

California Highway Patrol have informed E! News that Black was not “under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.”

The wrecked Plymouth Barracuda was the vehicle that Hart bought for himself for his 40th birthday earlier this year.

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I added some more muscle to the family for my 40th....welcome home "Menace" #MuscleCarLover

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