{"id":2078040,"date":"2025-10-08T21:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2078040"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T21:18:34","slug":"rock-legend-gene-simmons-hospitalized-after-passing-out-behind-wheel-crashing-car-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rock-legend-gene-simmons-hospitalized-after-passing-out-behind-wheel-crashing-car-in-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock legend Gene Simmons hospitalized after passing out behind wheel, crashing car in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gene Simmons was hospitalized Tuesday after getting into a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary KISS rocker was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif., before 1 p.m. PT, when his Lincoln Navigator hit a parked vehicle, police<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/kiss-gene-simmons-malibu-pch-crash\/3788572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told a local NBC outlet <\/a>Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>When the authorities arrived on the scene, Simmons, 76, was still conscious and spoke to the officers, the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department\u00a0also told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to the department for further information but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>KISS rocker Gene Simmons was involved in a car accident Tuesday in Los Angeles. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The rock legend reportedly swerved lanes before fainting and hitting a parked vehicle. <span class=\"credit\">Backgrid \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cRock and Roll All Nite\u201d vocalist reportedly told law enforcement that he \u201cpassed out or fainted\u201d before his car struck another vehicle. He allegedly careened across lanes of traffic moments before the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to reps for Simmons and his family for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Following the accident, the musician\u2019s wife, Shannon Tweed, told NBC that her husband was taken to a hospital for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Simmons was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>He has since been released and is recovering. <span class=\"credit\">John Salangsang\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She shared that doctors learned that new medications Simmons had been prescribed required him to increase his water intake \u2014 and he is reportedly \u201cnot a fan\u201d of drinking a lot of water.<\/p>\n<p>Tweed also told the outlet that the \u201cI Was Made for Lovin\u2019 You\u201d singer has already been released from the hospital and is \u201crecovering at home.\u201d Simmons also shared via voicemail that he is doing fine.<\/p>\n<p>The rock legend\u2019s health scare comes on the heels of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/07\/entertainment\/kiss-star-ace-frehley-cancels-tour-due-to-ongoing-medical-issues\/\">his former bandmate also becoming ill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Simmons\u2019 wife, Shannon Tweed, told NBC that her husband passed out because he got dehydrated after changing up his meds. <span class=\"credit\">Justin\/Erik\/NPG.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Simmons is the second KISS member to have health issues this week. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Ochs Archives<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>KISS co-founder and guitarist Ace Frehley announced Monday that he was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/07\/entertainment\/kiss-star-ace-frehley-cancels-tour-due-to-ongoing-medical-issues\/\">canceling the remaining dates<\/a> of his 2025 tour due to ongoing \u201cmedical issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to some ongoing medical issues, Ace has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of his 2025 dates,\u201d\u00a0his Instagram account stated.<\/p>\n<p>Frehley, 74, created KISS along with Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss in 1973 and remained with the award-winning band until 1982. KISS embarked on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/09\/19\/kiss-announces-end-of-the-road-farewell-tour\/\">a farewell tour<\/a> in 2018 but didn\u2019t take their official final bow until their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/29\/entertainment\/kiss-gears-up-for-final-end-of-the-road-world-tour-shows-with-nyc-takeover-a-complete-guide\/\">End of the Road World Tour<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene Simmons was hospitalized Tuesday after getting into a car accident. The legendary KISS rocker was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif., before 1 p.m. PT, when his Lincoln Navigator hit a parked vehicle, police told a local NBC outlet Wednesday. When the authorities arrived on the scene, Simmons, 76, was still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2078041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[350772,377745,24003,348513,355137,345494,21800],"class_list":["post-2078040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-car-crashes","tag-celebrity-injuries","tag-celebrity-news","tag-gene-simmons","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-kiss","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rock-legend-Gene-Simmons-hospitalized-after-passing-out-behind-wheel.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078042,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078040\/revisions\/2078042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}