{"id":610729,"date":"2026-02-19T01:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/610729\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:33:36","slug":"hornets-star-lamelo-ball-unharmed-in-downtown-charlotte-vehicle-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/610729\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets Star LaMelo Ball Unharmed in Downtown Charlotte Vehicle Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771461060864.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball walked away without injuries after his custom Hummer collided with another vehicle in downtown Charlotte Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. as Ball was traveling through an intersection, with video showing his damaged truck missing a front tire.\n        <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/news-1771461060864.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22803\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball escaped injury Wednesday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision in downtown Charlotte, a source with knowledge of the incident confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The source provided information to The Associated Press under anonymity as they lacked authorization to publicly discuss accident specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Officials had not yet released a police report regarding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Television footage from WSOC-TV captured Ball\u2019s custom camouflage Hummer striking another vehicle as he traveled through an intersection just before 5 p.m. Additional video showed the NBA player, dressed in a teal Hornets sweatshirt, exiting his damaged vehicle and departing in a different car while officers remained at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Details about the second driver remained unavailable, though footage revealed that person calmly stepped out and approached Ball\u2019s truck after the impact. The collision left Ball\u2019s Hummer with a completely detached front left wheel.<\/p>\n<p>The team had completed practice sessions earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets, riding high with victories in 10 of their previous 11 contests, are set to face the Houston Rockets Thursday evening in their first game following the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>This incident adds Ball\u2019s name to a growing list of Charlotte-area professional athletes involved in traffic accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Panthers former quarterback Cam Newton suffered spinal fractures in a 2014 rollover crash that flipped his dark pickup truck close to Bank of America Stadium \u2014 occurring within a mile of Ball\u2019s Wednesday accident location.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, current Panthers backup quarterback Andy Dalton sustained a thumb injury during a Charlotte two-car accident in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>                    More from TV Delmarva Channel 33 News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball walked away without injuries after his custom Hummer collided with another vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[80926,80927,7,684,473,3878,80920,80928,80922,80923,80921,80924,685,6,80925],"class_list":{"0":"post-610729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-charlotte","12":"tag-charlotte-hornets","13":"tag-charlottehornets","14":"tag-fine-day","15":"tag-fine-day-102-3","16":"tag-fine-day-fm","17":"tag-fine-day-media","18":"tag-fine-day-radio","19":"tag-have-a-fine-day","20":"tag-hornets","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116094724367757737","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}