Macklemore OK after crash with suspected drunken driver

Credit: Christopher Polk

Credit: Christopher Polk

Musician Macklemore is OK after he was involved in a crash with a suspected drunken driver on Whidbey Island in Washington state.

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The Washington State Patrol said the crash happened at 10:45 p.m. Friday at Cascade Avenue and Sixth in Langley, Washington.

Officers said a 24-year-old man driving a Chevrolet pickup crossed the center line and hit Macklemore’s 2016 Mercedes head-on.

The driver of the pickup was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries, police said. He was arrested for suspicion of DUI, and a warrant for a blood sample was served and then taken at the hospital.

Macklemore was not hurt, according to KIRO-TV.

It is not known if anyone else was in Macklemore's car at the time of the crash.

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