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Gilbert Arenas told Dan Patrick that his son Alijah was “doing very well” following the scary car accident that put the former NBA All-Star’s son in a medically induced coma at the end of April.
Alijah was involved in the car crash in in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles after he lost control of the Tesla Cybertruck he was driving before the vehicle careened into a fire hydrant before colliding with a tree two weeks ago.
Despite being put into a medically induced coma, Arenas said during “The Dan Patrick Show” interview that his son had no major injuries.
Arenas praised the group of good Samaritans who helped get Alijah out of the car after the accident, calling them “angels.”
“My thing was making sure there were no broken limbs, there were no burns,” he said. “Lucky for him, trapped inside of a car for so long, it’s lucky there were bystanders that heard the crash that early in the morning that got him out.
“He was a little stronger than they thought. He was waking up going crazy, so they put him in an induced coma just to get the air. … They were getting the smoke and all of that out of his [lungs]. I guess he was in the car, it looked like about 10, 12 minutes. … Just inhaling that.”
The ex-NBAer also indicated that his son’s sense of humor is intact, making jokes about being in the UCLA hospital.
Alijah is committed to playing college basketball at USC.
“He wrote, ‘tell [USC head coach Eric Musselman] I’m sorry I’m at UCLA,’” Arenas said. “I’m like not right now. Not right now. … Not with the jokes right now. We’re still a little scared.
Alijah was able to leave the hospital last week and is said to be on track for a full recovery.
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