Driver blamed for crash that injured Kevin Hart and others

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A man driving Kevin Hart’s vintage muscle car accelerated recklessly on a Southern California road&comma; causing the accident that left the comedian&comma; driver and another passenger seriously injured&comma; investigators said in a report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jared Black was turning on to Mulholland Highway near Malibu early on September 1 when he accelerated and lost control while driving the comic actor’s 1970 Plymouth Barracuda with Hart and Black’s fiancee&comma; Rebecca Broxterman&comma; as passengers&comma; the report from the California Highway Patrol said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The car then careened down an embankment and slammed into a tree&comma; the report said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Evidence from an examination of the Plymouth suggested no one had been wearing seatbelts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have nothing but love for Jared and wish him and Rebecca a speedy recovery&comma;”<&sol;em> Hart said in a statement released through his lawyer later Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities previously said that Hart&comma; 40&comma; and Mr Black&comma; 28&comma; suffered major back injuries while Ms Broxterman&comma; 31&comma; had less serious injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hart’s lawyer&comma; Andrew Brettler&comma; said the actor is doing OK&comma; still recovering from his injuries and doing physical therapy at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hart is limiting his professional commitments but expects to be back at work by the beginning of next year&comma; Mr Brettler said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report reiterated that Mr Black was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It said he violated the law&comma; but did not say whether charges were likely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CHP redacted the statements given to investigators by the three people involved&comma; along with all details about their injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Neither Mr Black nor Ms Broxterman could be reached for comment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was not clear whether either had a lawyer or other representative who could speak for them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No other cars were involved in the crash&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Black made a right turn on to Mulholland Highway in the Barracuda that had recently been modified and modernised and had a 6&period;4 Litre Hemi V-8 supercharged engine&comma; the report said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His quick acceleration caused the right rear tyre to break traction and he lost control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The car crossed the oncoming lane of the two-lane road and went down the steep embankment&comma; knocking down a vinyl fence before hitting the tree head-on so hard it was uprooted and rolled down the hill&comma; the report said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The back of the car flew upward and the roof also hit the tree&comma; severely smashing it down&comma; investigators said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The sides were also smashed&comma; and some doors could not be opened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Black and Broxterman were trapped inside and had to be removed by emergency personnel&comma; who took them to a hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hart got out of the car and quickly left the scene&comma; the report said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CHP previously said he headed to his nearby home seeking medical help&comma; and was later also taken to hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A witness who saw the crash called 911 and said a man who appeared to be Hart &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;looked like he’s hurting”&comma; according to a recording previously released by the Los Angeles County Fire Department&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hart&comma; a Philadelphia native who became a stand-up comedy star and in recent years has emerged as a major movie star&comma; will next appear in Jumanji&colon; The Next Level&comma; a film he completed before the crash that is scheduled for a December release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed397d16557">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; 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