Actor Haley Joel Osment was hospitalized early Thursday after he apparently lost control of his car while heading to his Los Angeles area home, authorities said.
UPDATE: An LA County Sheriff’s Department official tells Access Hollywood that they suspect alcohol was involved in the collision involving Haley Joel Osment early today. A blood sample was obtained after the young actor was taken to Pasadena’s Huntington Memorial Hospital this morning. The sample will be tested and results will be known within three weeks. If alcohol was indeed a factor, they will take the case to the District Attorney for prosecution. The sample will also be tested for the presence of drugs.
A rep for Haley released the following statement to Access:
“Haley is doing well. He has a broken rib and lacerations to his arm but is expected to make a quick recovery. Contrary to earlier reports Haley was, in fact, wearing his seatbelt. He removed the belt to climb into the back seat where he was better able to exit the vehicle. The driver’s side door was blocked by the air bag that opened on impact. Your concern and good wishes are truly appreciated,” the statement said.
Osment, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a boy who could see dead people in “The Sixth Sense,” was driving a 1995 Saturn about 1 a.m. when the car collided with a brick pillar and flipped, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Greg Sisneros.
The 18-year-old actor was awake and talking following the crash, Sisneros said. He had been alone in the car and was taken to Huntington Hospital in nearby Pasadena.
Sisneros had no information on his condition, and an emergency-room receptionist said no one under that name was at the hospital.
Osment is set to appear in the upcoming “Home of the Giants.”
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In the film, he plays a high school journalist covering a basketball team as it heads toward the state championship. The film is slated for a Spring 2007 release.
La Canada Flintridge, a suburb of Los Angeles, is about 14 miles northeast of downtown.
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