CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball had 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in a 105-101 loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night, one day after being involved in a two-car crash in Charlotte.<\/p>\n
“Fortunately everybody is cool, so blessings,” Ball said of the crash following the game. “God is great.”<\/p>\n
Ball was driving through an intersection when his camouflage-colored, custom-made Hummer collided with another vehicle Wednesday, according to video obtained by WSOC-TV<\/a> in Charlotte. The station later posted video of Ball, wearing an aqua-colored Hornets hoodie<\/a>, getting out his truck and into a black Lamborghini before being driven away.<\/p>\n Police were on the scene at the time.<\/p>\n When asked why he left the scene, Ball said, “Nah, you gotta check in on that.”<\/p>\n A police report has not been made available.<\/p>\n There was no information available on the driver of the other car involved in the collision, although video showed a person calmly get out of the car and begin walking toward Ball’s truck after the crash.<\/p>\n When asked about the other person, Ball said, “I seen her get straight out of the car.”<\/p>\n Video showed the left front tire of Ball’s truck was missing.<\/p>\n “I’m alive and blessed,” Ball said. “God is great, like I said.”<\/p>\n Ball is just the latest professional sports athlete to be involved in a car crash in Charlotte.<\/p>\n Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton fractured his back in a 2014 crash in which he flipped his pickup truck near Bank of America Stadium \u2014 less than a mile from where Ball’s crash occurred.<\/p>\n And in 2024, Panthers current backup quarterback Andy Dalton injured his thumb when he was involved in a two-car crash in Charlotte.<\/p>\n Former Hornets guard Bobby Phills was killed in a car crash at age 30 following a practice on Jan. 12, 2000.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n