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'Reading Rainbow' Host in Car Accident

Posted Jul 14th 2009 1:19AM by TMZ Staff

LaVar Burton Law enforcement sources tell TMZ LeVar Burton was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles early yesterday evening.

We're told Burton -- who hosted "Reading Rainbow" and starred in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Roots" -- collided with a car making a left turn at the intersection of Laurel Ave. and Beverly Blvd. at around 7:30 PM PT.

Our sources say Burton and the other driver were both taken to a local hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries.

UPDATE: The accident occurred when a 74-year-old woman made a left turn in front of Burton -- he struck her car and then hit a parked car, causing a chain reaction that damaged two other cars. Both LeVar and the woman were taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and released.

Tags: lavar burton, LavarBurton, reading rainbow, ReadingRainbow, startrekthenextgeneration

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1. Yikes!

Posted at 1:59AM on Jul 14th 2009 by mrez golucky

2. dont take his word for it

Posted at 2:06AM on Jul 14th 2009 by danth3man

3. Geordie, Don't drive in L.A. with La Forge specs on... even number one knows... you usually crash.

May the Fart be with you.

Posted at 2:07AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Capt. Pickard

4. good thank god hes ok i love levar

Posted at 2:17AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Safire

5. OMG! I hope he's ok.

Posted at 2:14AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Anonymous

6. I like him! He seems really nice and smart. I hope he's ok!

Posted at 2:18AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Mondia

7. He must have been wearing that silly prop for his eyes from Star Trek.

Posted at 2:30AM on Jul 14th 2009 by wong@frog.cc

8. lol #2! take a look its in a book, reaaaading rainbow!

Posted at 2:41AM on Jul 14th 2009 by kaci :)

9. Toby?
Is that you?

Posted at 2:46AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Hotdog On A Stick

10. "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek?" Uh, OK, but how can anyone mention LeVar Burton and fail to reference his starring role in "Roots," the EPIC miniseries (and ratings buster) that turned him from an unknown acting student at USC into an overnight star?

Posted at 3:03AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Excuse me?

11. Then it must be those chains on his legs that caused the crash.

Posted at 3:08AM on Jul 14th 2009 by wong@frog.cc

12. I rented ROOTS last night - I watched it backwards so it would have a happy ending

Posted at 12:52AM on Jul 15th 2009 by Justin Igger

13. The only way Burton wouldn't see a car making a left turn at the intersection of Laurel Ave. and Beverly Blvd. at around 7:30 PM PT is if the damned thing has it's cloaking mechanism on and the Enterprise sensors were malfunctioning due to an intersectional time flux, and YOU HAVE TO HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. He's be fine. Two weeks with the Fiji program on the Holodeck and he'll be off to the races.

Posted at 3:16AM on Jul 14th 2009 by PolarBear

14. I was there - his license plate is KUNTE - I swear! He had some white guy in the car with him. In the Gay Meter he was a 10 out of 10. FYI they were going to the OUTFEST gay movie fest at Fairfax and Beverly. Toby 0 did you cross over to the gay side?

Posted at 3:17AM on Jul 14th 2009 by Pedro Goldstein

15. he'll be ight!

Posted at 3:41AM on Jul 14th 2009 by oooitsmagic

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