MIAMI — Rapper 2 Chainz was reportedly hospitalized early Saturday morning after a crash involving various autos in Miami.
TMZ was the initial to report on it. CBS News Miami verified the incident and gained added information from local fire and legislation enforcement officials.
In accordance to Florida Highway Patrol, there was a crash that included a few motor vehicles — a 2016 Mercedes, a 2013 Nissan and a 2010 Toyota — in close proximity to the intersection of westbound Condition Street 112 and Northwest 22nd Avenue in Miami close to Interstate 95.
There were being no fatalities and at least just one guy was transported to an region clinic. Ignatius Carroll of Miami Fire Rescue spoke to CBS Information Miami’s Nikiya Carrero to give even further details concerning the damage report.
Carroll told Carrero that Miami Hearth Rescue been given the contact just just after 4 a.m. and when they arrived on scene, they found many people today inside of a van concerned in the crash with minor accidents.
Miami Hearth Rescue assessed about five to 7 individuals on the scene but transported only just one particular person to the medical center: 2 Chainz. In accordance to Carroll, the rapper sustained non-daily life-threatening injuries and is in the hospital getting medically evaluated.
2 Chainz, whose authentic title is Tauheed K. Epps, posted a movie to his Instagram story soon after the crash, which showed him being put into an ambulance in advance of concentrating his digicam on a black vehicle with considerable entrance injury near a barrier wall on the freeway.
“He was letting a ton of his followers know that he is ok, and he was kicking his toes back again and forth — which is a very good indication — but continue to essential to be transported to the medical center for even more evaluation,” Carroll instructed Carrero.
He had reportedly remaining the Booby Lure strip club shortly just before the crash and was in the Miami metro spot for Art Basel. Nonetheless, CBS Information Miami has not verified these studies.
Carroll shared with Carrero some basic safety suggestions pertaining to evening driving as Miami and the relaxation of South Florida get started to experience the holiday getaway rush. The most important direction, he stressed, was currently being mindful and mindful of your pace and surroundings, alongside with training excellent persistence.
“It never hurts to go the velocity restrict,” Carroll reported.
2 Chainz is envisioned to execute together with other hip-hop legends in Los Angeles for “Grammy Salute to 50 Yrs of Hip Hop” on CBS Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT.
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