Total write-off! Arnie’s 4x4 crushes Prius in smash
IT RESEMBLED the aftermath of a stunt from one of his Terminator films, but Arnold Schwarzenegger walked away unscathed after a real car crash.
The actor’s massive SUV collided with and ended up on top of a Toyota Prius in Los Angeles on Friday night, sparking a police investigation.
The driver of the crushed Prius was taken to hospital after the incident, which happened as the former governor of California tried to turn on to Sunset Boulevard near his home.
A witness told NBC news: ‘It looked like a set from one of his movies. His giant black SUV was on top of the Prius, totally crushing it. There was a
‘Arnold was shaken up and other driver looked dazed’
Porsche behind Arnie’s car which was also badly damaged.
‘The woman driver from the Prius had blood pouring out of a head wound and looked shocked and dazed. Arnold was clearly shaken up, but was mostly concerned with the wellbeing of the woman, who was taken away by ambulance.’
Police said the Prius driver’s injuries were ‘serious but not life-threatening’.
Schwarzenegger, 74, was returning from lunch with two of his children, Patrick, 28, and Christina, 30, at a local restaurant when the crash happened.
A friend of Schwarzenegger’s, fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld, was also in the vehicle at the time.
Airbags in the actor’s £50,000 GMC Yukon SUV deployed on impact, possibly protecting him from injury.
The witness said: ‘The Prius was crushed by Arnold’s enormous vehicle, which ran over the front of it before flipping on its side. There was smashed glass and debris all over the road.’
Drake Madison, of the LA Police Department, said no arrests had been made and neither alcohol nor drugs ‘are suspected as a factor in this collision’.