Last Updated on August 31, 2016 by CCAR Staff
SANTA ANA >> Angels star outfielder Mike Trout was not injured in a car accident on the 55 Freeway Wednesday night.
The Orange County Fire Authority responded to a pair of separate but related crashes each involving two vehicles at 8:50 p.m. in the southbound lane of the 55 Freeway at McFadden Avenue, Capt. Larry Kurtz said.
Emergency personnel had to cut one person from a vehicle using the Jaws of Life, Kurtz said. Two people were injured. One victim went to Hoag Hospital and the other was transported to Orange County Global Medical Center, Kurtz said.
Photos from the scene showed a white Chevy Sonic and a black Mercedes sedan with damage.
Information about their medical conditions was unknown, and Kurtz could not say whether one of the victims was Trout.
Trout’s agent, Craig Landis, and Angels general manager Billy Eppler both confirmed Trout was OK and a Register photographer at the scene captured images of Trout outside of a vehicle seemingly unhurt.
The California Highway Patrol was investigating the crash late Wednesday.
