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Dick Van Dyke confirmed off his battle wounds Friday after his latest automotive accident, claiming the airbags didn’t deploy throughout the crash.
The beloved “Mary Poppins” icon, 97, was noticed out and about together with his spouse, 51-year-old Arlene Silver, and a youthful pal.
Van Dyke identified two stitches in his chin after his automotive accident final week … “I’m fantastic — simply sore throughout” … assuring folks he was doing “fairly good.”
“The airbags didn’t deploy, so I simply had a face plant proper within the steering wheel and it simply made me a bit of dumber,” he quipped, together with his notorious grin.
He disregarded the considerations about his well-being, saying he’s doing comparatively okay … “I’m 97 — all my mates are lifeless.”
The famed actor crashed his silver Lexus earlier this Month right into a gate in Malibu whereas driving in moist circumstances, apparently dropping management of the wheel.
Photos from the accident present Van Dyke with blood on his mouth and nostril, and paramedics handled him on the scene for his accidents and a attainable concussion.
Officers don’t imagine alcohol or medicine have been concerned within the slippery crash, however they reportedly requested that the actor retake his driving examination with the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Just a number of months prior, the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” star was seen lamenting the Golden State’s drought, wishing for a moist spell, whereas visiting one among his favourite nonprofit organizations in October 2022.
“Is it ever going to rain?” he requested on the time when he was noticed driving the identical automobile concerned on this month’s unlucky crash.
A decade in the past, Van Dyke was concerned in a extra critical automotive accident — that point, his automobile burst into flames. Dick was driving on a California freeway when he observed smoke coming from the hood of his Jaguar.
Promptly pulling over to the aspect of the highway, a hero bystander rushed to the star’s rescue and pulled him from the automotive simply earlier than it burst into flames.
The inferno torched the luxe automotive, however Van Dyke fortunately escaped with no scratch.
“It simply began making a noise, and I believed I had a flat at first, then it began to smoke, then it burned to a crisp,” he stated on the time of the incident.