Cheryl and Will.i.am injured in car crash

Cheryl and Will.i.am injured in car crash
Cheryl and Will.i.am injured in car crash (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Cheryl Cole and Will.i.am have been injured in a car crash. The pair were left with whiplash after a minor accident in Los Angeles, which occurred early on Wednesday after they left a studio following a long recording session. According to reports, The Voice judge Will.i.am was driving a Cadillac which hit a parked car while his best friend Cheryl was in the front passenger seat. Both quickly assured fans they were fine. Will.i.am tweeted: "Car accidents are not dope...I'm glad I'm o.k#wiplash." He added: "We're fine. Cheryl Cole (and I) were coming back from the studio but she and I are fine ... just a little wiplash." Former X Factor judge Cheryl added: "Don't worry me and @iamwill are fine, promise x" According to reports, the airbag by the steering wheel inflated, hitting Will.i.am in the face and making his nose bleed. But there was apparently no inflation of any airbag on the passenger side and Cheryl may have struck her head on the dashboard. Will.i.am had a full check-up at nearby Cedars-Sinai hospital, while Cheryl was treated at the scene and did not go to hospital.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


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