American stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Hart was hospitalised on Sunday, 1st September 2019, with major back injuries after his car crashed into a ditch, according to highway authorities.

According to the California Highway Patrol report, Hart was riding in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda — a powerful vintage car — with two other people in the wee hours of Sunday on Mulholland Highway in Los Angeles County.

The driver, identified as Jared Black, lost control of the car and it subsequently rolled into a gully.

Black, 28, and also the third passenger, internet fitness model Rebecca Broxterman, remained trapped inside. Hart immediately went for help.

“Hart and Black sustained major back injuries as a result of this collision. [They] were transported and treated at nearby hospitals,” Highway Patrol said in the report.

Broxterman, 31, sustained no injuries. Black, Broxterman’s fiance, determined not to drive others, including Kevin Hart, under the influence at the time of the car crash.

Hart, 40, is a popular comedian and also an actor. We know him for roles in “The Secret Life of Pets” and “Jumanji”. The Academy asked him to host the 2019 Oscars. However, he pulled out when old homophobic tweets of his resurfaced.