LaMelo Ball walked away uninjured after being involved in a two-car crash in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday. However, video footage of the accident has since surfaced. So far, social media is shook and dissecting the driving skills of the Charlotte Hornets point guard. Even Hazel E had a lil’ something to say. Meanwhile, LaMelo has yet to break his silence since driving away from the accident site in a separate vehicle.
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Details About LaMelo Ball’s Charlotte Car Crash
According to The Shade Room, a police report was not immediately made available after Wednesday’s crash. Video of the accident shows Ball driving his camouflage-colored, custom-made Hummer across an intersection before he and another driver collided. This happened shortly before 5 p.m., according to footage obtained by WSOC-TV in Charlotte.
BREAKING: We have obtained footage of the LaMelo Ball crash in Uptown Charlotte @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/BUgJrRCeZa
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The station and TMZ later posted video of LaMelo Ball, wearing an aqua-colored Hornets hoodie, getting out his truck and into another car before the driver pulled off. Police were on the scene at the time.
LaMelo Ball was spotted dipping into a Lamborghini after his car crash in Charlotte. https://t.co/Zs01mG6iEL pic.twitter.com/PPmyvWvC3X
— TMZ (@TMZ) February 19, 2026
There was no information available on the person in the other car involved in the collision. Video shows the driver calmly get out of his car and walking toward LaMelo Ball’s truck, which had the left front tire missing.
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Lamelo Ball SWERVED into oncoming traffic 🤔 pic.twitter.com/iGl9rsEu92
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) February 19, 2026
LaMelo Expected To Play In Hornets Game After Accident As Hazel E Reacts To Crash Footage (UPDATES)
The Hornets held practice earlier in the day on Wednesday. Charlotte, which has won 10 of its last 11 games, is scheduled to host the Houston Rockets on Thursday night as teams return from the All-Star break. As of Thursday morning, LaMelo Ball was not listed on the team’s injury report. This means, per the Associated Press, he is expected to play just one day after the two-car crash.
Meanwhile, in The Shade Room’s comment section, Hazel E stopped by with a jokey joke. She quoted LiAngelo Ball’s song ‘Tweaker,’ writing:
“I might swerve on the corner whoaaa ohhh ohhhhh 🤌🏽.”
Ball’s Driving History Resurfaces On Social Media
As mentioned, the accident has supporters and critics digging into LaMelo’s past driving habits. This includes sharing videos of him allegedly running red lights and resurfacing a May 2024 lawsuit in which a mother accused him of running over her 11-year-old’s foot in October 2023 with his purple Rolls Royce. The family demanded $25,000, but in Feb. 2025 LaMelo denied being at fault for the child’s broken foot and emotional distress, and sought for the family to pay his attorneys’ fees.
I was waiting for this compilation to start circulating again. But yea it was only a matter of time the way he drives man. Risky. https://t.co/uoLrsaMWwe
— kakarot (@ShadBoogie) February 19, 2026
LaMelo Ball is just the latest to professional sports athlete to be involved in a car accident in Charlotte, North Carolina. Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton fractured his back following a 2014 crash in which he flipped his black pickup truck near Bank of America Stadium. That’s less than a mile from where Ball’s accident occurred.
And in 2024, Panthers current backup quarterback Andy Dalton injured his thumb when he was involved in a two-car accident in Charlotte. Additionally, former Hornets guard Bobby Phills was killed in a car crash at age 30 following a practice on Jan. 12, 2000.
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AP Sports Writer Steve Reed contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.
