Nick (Bollea) Hogan in serious wreck

[NotSoSilentBob]

Report: Hulk Hogan's Son Injured in Car Crash
Sunday, August 26, 2007


Police in Clearwater, Florida say a car crash has injured the son of pro-wrestler Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea, according to local reports.

Click here to read the story from MyFOXTampaBay.com

Witnesses say the yellow sports car careened out of control and hit a palm tree in the raised median of the four-lane road.

The car reportedly belongs to Nicholas Alan Bollea, also known as Nick Hogan. He's one of the stars of the reality show "Hogan Knows Best."

Paramedics and firefighters had to cut both occupants of the car from the wreckage. The car was destroyed by the impact.



Video of the scene from CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...ml#cnnSTCVideo

[BlueWahooChambordDevil]

holy christ

[NotSoSilentBob]

CNN) -- A high-speed car accident in Florida has left the teenage son of wrestling star Hulk Hogan seriously injured and a companion in critical condition late Sunday, police said.

TV footage shows a person injured in Nick Hogan's car crash being treated in an ambulance.

Nick Bollea, 17, was the driver of a Toyota Supra that went out of control while driving at a "high rate of speed" about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, said Wayne Shelor, a spokesman for the Clearwater police in Clearwater, Florida.

The car "inexplicably left the roadway," jumped across a raised median and slammed into a palm tree just east of downtown, Shelor said.

"It destroyed the car," he said.

Firefighters had to extract Bollea and his passenger, whose identity was not immediately released, from the wreckage. Both were flown to a hospital in nearby St. Petersburg, Florida, Shelor said.

"They're both down there. Nick's father is down there," he said.

Hulk Hogan, one of the top professional wrestlers of the 1980s and 1990s, is now featured in the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best." His son, wife Linda and daughter Brooke regularly appear on the show.

One episode documented the son's interest in a type of high-speed car racing known as "drifting."

Shelor said there was no evidence of drag racing or "drifting" in Sunday's wreck.

Police said Bollea -- known to viewers as "Nick Hogan" -- was not as seriously hurt as his passenger, who was listed as critical.

Shelor said the wreck forced police to shut down mile-long Court Street, the main east-west road through central Clearwater, as they investigated the accident.

"I will have this road closed for a minimum of four hours," he said. "It was a spectacular wreck."



http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/0...ash/index.html

[TheBeast]

And this is surprising anyone, how?

[Glory_Days]

id say the kid thought he was invincible...

[steer]

just another case of a young kid with his license not fully understanding the dangers of high speeds.

It has nothing to do with how surprising, or how invincible he thought he was. It's just a young kid, who's got a license, and was speeding off. Happens all the time. I say wait til they are 18 til they get a license.

[imported_juggernaut28]

Just looking at the picture of the wreck, I don't see how anyone could survive.

[TheBeast]

If you have watched the show any all he has done for the past 2 years is talk about racing and built a super high performance car. That is why I was saying it isn't surprising and would be expected.

[imported_juggernaut28]

Yeah, I've seen the show a couple of times. The last time I watched it was when Hulk Hogan recieved a phone call from someone who was going to sponsor his son.
So no it does not surprise me of the accident, the picture of the wreck with the driver and passenger living through it is what surprises me. Although they are not out of the woods yet and listed in critical condition.

[R0cketer]

Well don't forget that what we're seeing of the car is after the jaws of life were used, so...that makes it look a bit worse

Still sounds like they were lucky, if one site I read this morning is right, Nick Hogan went home this morning.