Again within the Nineteen Sixties, Dick Van Dyke piloted a magical automotive via the air onscreen. However final week, the 97-year-old leisure legend had a down-to-earth mishap in the course of the torrential rains in Southern California, dropping management of his Lexus and sliding it right into a gate in Malibu, police there confirmed.
The crash occurred March 15 however police are simply releasing particulars about it at this time. Los Angeles County deputies discovered Van Dyke behind the wheel of his silver LS 500. He suffered “minor accidents” together with “bleeding from the nostril and mouth” and he might “have suffered a concussion.” No present particulars have been obtainable on his situation and whether or not he had certainly suffered a concussion, however TMZ reported he was not despatched to hospital and was as an alternative picked up by a buddy who drove him residence.
The sheriff’s workplace stated medication and alcohol weren’t an element.
The crash comes 10 years after Van Dyke was rescued by a passerby on a Los Angeles freeway when his Jaguar burst into flames.
Van Dyke, the star of “The Dick Van Dyke Present,” “Bye-Bye Birdie,” “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and rather more, remains to be lively for his age. The Grammy, Emmy and Tony winner was maybe the world’s oldest-ever singing contestant when he competed just lately on Fox’s “The Masked Singer,” wowing the viewers. (“I believe some folks thought I used to be lifeless,” he joked in an interview about it.)
However not surprisingly given his age, KTLA-TV reviews police have submitted paperwork to the DMV to request he retake his driving take a look at.
