Fans worldwide are asking what happened the night George Michael fell out of a speeding car. Official word is that he is “fine” and “making good progress.” There are also conflicting reports about whether he has been released from the hospital.
After the star, 49, was airlifted to hospital with a head injury last Thursday, police sources confirmed the accident was still unexplained and “far from cut and dried”.
Investigators are concentrating on the testimony of two other men who were also in Michael’s vehicle – the driver and a fellow passenger.
An eyewitness describes what she saw when George Michael fell out of a speeding car last Thursday, and George Michael’s spokesperson talks about his condition.
Katherine Fox was one of the first on the scene of George Michael’s accident, according to The Sun.
Katherine said: “I saw blood everywhere and a man on the ground.
“I thought someone had run across the road and been hit.
“I asked what had gone on and was told he tried to open the car door and shut it again because it wasn’t shut properly and apparently fell out at 70mph.
“I was on the phone to the ambulance and said, ‘You’d better come quick. This doesn’t look good’.
“George was wearing a black and gold Adidas tracksuit that was ripped all down the arm and shoulder. He had no trainers on.
“I grabbed one from the second lane because cars were swerving to avoid it.
“His sunglasses were also in the road. I could hear the crunch as cars drove over them.”
“George didn’t say anything, he just seemed in shock.
“He was sitting down against a car and in the arms of his friend.
“The guy holding him was quite scared. He kept saying to George, ‘Are you all right mate?’
“I think George was lucky he didn’t die.
“If he’d landed in the second lane he would have been hit by a car without a doubt.
“He was in the middle of the M1. I could have run him over.”
George Michael was injured in a car crash on the M1 motorway on Thursday night, according to the Mirror. He was a passenger in a car on the northbound carriageway when the incident occurred around 5:50 p.m.
The official George Michael site says:
George Michael was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic accident yesterday evening, no third party was involved. He is being treated for superficial cuts and bruises but is fine. We have no further comment at this time.
Official George Michael Site
The Mirror is saying that another man in the car was flown by air ambulance to a specialist trauma center in London for treatment on a head injury.
A rep for the emergency response crew released a statement saying, “[George] sustained a head injury and following treatment, stabilisation and immobilization by land and air ambulance crews, he was flown to the hospital for further care.”
A new report says George Michael is denying rumors that he has been in a rehab center in Australia since February.
“George was in Australia, but it was a holiday. He goes there every year,” George Michael’s spokesperson said. “He was writing songs for his new album, but he is back in London now.”
The spokesperson also said that George Michael is in “great health.”
A recent report is saying that George Michael may have had a two-month stay at a luxury private retreat, The Sanctuary, in February in Australia to deal with a slate of issues including emotional anxiety and a drug disorder. He was rumored to be battling a dependency on Valium since undergoing a tracheotomy in 2011.
George cancelled his Australian tour in September 2012 and released a statement at that time, saying that he would receive overdue treatment for the trauma associated with his near-death experience in 2011.
George has been Twitter-silent since January 2013 with only a few comments in the last five months.
