Video from the automobile crash involving Alijah Arenas, the son of ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas, confirmed a fiery scene within the wee hours Thursday morning simply exterior his San Fernando Valley house.
The video, obtained by TMZ and shot by a neighbor of the Arenas household, revealed a scary scene the place the Tesla of the USC males’s basketball commit was engulfed in flames, whereas a close-by fireplace hydrant spewed water after the automobile hit it.
Arenas was reportedly positioned in an induced coma following the incident.
The outlet reported the neighbor as saying the accident occurred round 5 a.m.
Good Samaritans could possibly be seen making an attempt to drag Arenas out of the automobile within the video earlier than it cuts to when first responders appeared to reach on the scene.
The individual filming the video could possibly be heard telling a firefighter there had been one individual within the automobile, “however examine within the automobile first please, simply in case.”
The video revealed by TMZ additionally confirmed Arenas on the bottom in ache after he was pulled from the crash. He was later placed on a stretcher and brought to a neighborhood hospital.
Authorities mentioned he was in “steady situation” whereas being transported.
Sports activities Illustrated highschool hoops insider Tarek Fattal reported Arenas was put into an induced coma as a part of the protocol for smoke inhalation.
A safety video from a close-by house supplied to KTLA confirmed the second that the Tesla struck the tree, and witness Jose Prera described a scene having “quite a lot of smoke” and fireplace.
Authorities haven’t formally confirmed the identification of the individual concerned within the crash.
The Los Angeles Police Division advised KTLA {that a} “Cybertruck crashed into a fireplace hydrant and a tree on the 7900 block of Corbin Avenue simply earlier than 5 a.m., after which an 18-year-old was hospitalized in steady situation.”
