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Lamar Odomis “okay” after he crashed his car into two parked vehicles in Los Angeles in the early hours of Sept. 11, his rep confirmed.
Odom’s rep Gina Rodriguez told PEOPLE on Sunday that the accident occurred at around 3 a.m. when the 43-year-old former NBA player was on his way home from his friend’s place in Northridge.TMZwas the first to report the news.
Rodriguez told PEOPLE that no one was inside the parked vehicles at the time they were struck and no one else was involved in the accident.
She confirmed that Odom “was totally fine,” but that “he was a little shaken up” because “all three of his airbags deployed.”
Lamar Odom.
LAPD officers later arrived at the scene, where Odom explained to them how the accident happened, according to Rodriguez. She told PEOPLE that officers questioned if Odom was sober at the time of the crash because they “knew his history” for past substance abuse issues.
Rodriguez confirmed to PEOPLE that Odom told the authorities he “didn’t drink” and “he hasn’t been using any drugs” as he now owns addiction recovery centers.
As a result, LAPD did not perform any field sobriety tests, she noted.
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The former Lakers star was previously involved in afatal car crash in 2011when his chauffeur driver hit a motorcycle, which in turn killed a 15-year-old boy — right after he visited his cousin at a hospital in New York City.
At that moment, the chauffeur driver hit the motorcyclist, who then crashed into the teenage pedestrian. The motorcyclist was in stable condition at the same hospital where the 15-year-old died from his injuries,ESPNreported at the time.
source: people.com
