(KTLA) – Dick Van Dyke was involved in a solo car crash last Wednesday in California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to FOX 8‘s sister station KTLA.
The actor’s vehicle apparently slid and crashed into a gate in Malibu on March 15, police sources told TMZ, who first reported the incident Wednesday morning. Arriving officers found Van Dyke behind the wheel of his 2018 Lexus LS 500, the entertainment site reported.
The Malibu Police Department confirmed to CNN that the actor suffered only “minor injuries.” Law enforcement sources who spoke with TMZ added that the 97-year-old was also bleeding from the nose and mouth.
LOS ANGELES – NOVEMBER 30: Actor Dick Van Dyke arrives at Disney’s “Mary Poppins” 40th Anniversary Edition DVD release party at El Capitan Theater on Novenber 30, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) 
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY – Disney Legend Dick Van Dyke, who portrays Bert, the carefree Cockney chimney sweep in Mary Poppins, will host interstitials throughout Walt Disney Television via Getty Imagess broadcast of The Wonderful World of Disney Presented by Target Brings You Mary Poppins on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET). Van Dyke will be joined by the Targets mascot, Bullseye, the lovable bull terrier. This holiday event marks the first network television broadcast of Mary Poppins in 13 years. (Photo by Rick Rowell/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) 
(Original Caption) Tops in television’s comedy series are Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke, both from the cast of the Dick Van Dyke Show. Expressing their joy during the Emmy presentations May 22, it is the 2nd Emmy for Miss Moore and the 3rd for Van Dyke and each won this time for an Outstanding Continued Performance. Their show which goes off the air this season, has won 16 Emmy’s in 5 years. 
American actor Dick Van Dyke, 30th May 1967. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MAY 17: Actor Dick Van Dyke attends the premiere of HBO’s “If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast” at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on May 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lucianna Faraone Coccia/FilmMagic) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 27: Actor Dick Van Dyke attends the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 27, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
Van Dyke was treated at the scene, Sgt. Wax of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told KTLA.
Police sources also told TMZ they submitted a request for the “Mary Poppins” star to retake his driving test.
While there’s no confirmation rain played a factor, it’s no secret that roadways have been slick due to the massive amounts of rainfall that have hit the region over the past two days.
The accident comes a decade after the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” actor’s Jaguar caught fire on a Los Angeles freeway. Van Dyke was unhurt during the 2013 incident, his wife said at the time.
