Terry Luttrell from the iconic rock band REO Speedwagon got into a bad car wreck after a concert on Sunday -- crashing his vehicle after falling asleep at the wheel following a long night.
The 78-year-old tells TMZ ... it all went down after a late-night concert -- he was driving from Illinois to St. Louis after staying up until 4:30 AM Sunday. He felt sleepy and headed towards an exit on the highway .... but nodded off behind the wheel while on the exit ramp. His car veered off the ramp, rolled over once and landed upright in the swale area.
The singer says, "I can only thank my Father in heaven for seeing me through. It could've been worse — I might not have made it — but obviously he feels like it's not time for me to leave yet."
Terry confirms to us he woke up "cocooned" -- wrapped in airbags after the crash ... they deployed on impact and cracked his sternum.
It's like right out of a Hitchcock movie, but not really ... the judge pulled the plug in the Diddytrial Wednesday after learning one of the jurors came down with vertigo.
We don't know the underlying condition of the juror in question, but the evidence was truly head-spinning this week, with jurors fixated on various freak-off videos.
Jurors put on their headphones Tuesday and watched around 10 minutes of the vids, featuring sex scenes between Diddy, Cassie, and male escorts. You could hear a pin drop in the courtroom, as the peanut gallery heard moans bleeding through the headphones.
Infamous televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has been hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest over the weekend ... TMZ has learned.
The 90-year-old pastor was at home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he had a heart attack Sunday morning -- Father's Day -- according to his family.
"Without a miracle, his time is short," his son Donnie Swaggart said in a sermon later Sunday.
The sole survivor of the doomed Air India flight is detailing his escape from the plane's wreckage -- after he was filmed miraculously walking away from the ruins with only some cuts and bruises.
Check out this jaw-dropping footage of passenger Viswash Kumar Ramesh -- he is certainly roughed up, but is fully cognizant and moving from the torched wreck without even a slight limp, as eyewitnesses swarm him in disbelief.
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The 38-year-old British citizen accepted medical help and later was impressively able to recall the moment he thought he was going to die, scene by scene, while speaking toa local reporter from his hospital bed.
A family dog had the scare of a lifetime -- yanked into an alligator’s jaws right from his Florida backyard -- and while he somehow made it out alive, his injuries are nothing short of brutal.
The pics are rough -- the German Shepherd named Zeus suffered a fractured jaw and deep puncture wounds ... he had his jaw realigned and wired shut by a veterinarian, all after he broke free from the gator that busted through the backyard fence in Wesley Chapel, near Tampa, and dragged him to a nearby pond.
Zeus’ owner, Susan Alkhatib, told WFLA it all unfolded in a blur last week -- the whole family rushed outside to watch in horror as the gator thrashed around with Zeus' head locked in its jaws.
Triple H couldn't script a better fight than the one that broke out during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday ... with Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers players duking it out right on the ice!!
The chaos took place midway through the final period ... when Oilers center Trent Frederic cross-checked Sam Bennett of the Panthers. All hell broke loose at that point ... with four other one-on-one fights unfolding from there.
Rod Stewart’s tour is hitting another speed bump -- the rock legend just axed six more shows as he continues to battle a nasty flu that’s kept him offstage all month.
Stewart broke the news Saturday, telling fans on Instagram he’s been ordered to rest by doctors as he recovers. The cancellations affect a string of June dates across California and Nevada -- including a multi-night Vegas run at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and a big show in Lake Tahoe.
Four of the concerts are officially scrapped, while two others have been bumped to September.
Lil Scrappy is free to crank and crunk through his summer tour schedule without worry ... the guy who got cold-cocked at his recent show in Ohio doesn't have a case to stand on!!!
Columbus Police Sgt. James K. Fuqua confirms to TMZ Hip Hop that the guy who attempted to jump onstage Saturday was stopped by a member of Lil Scrappy’s security team ... not Columbus Police Officers.
We're told the person was officially trespassing with his attempt to access that portion of the stage, as he did not have permission to be in that particular part of the venue inside the Columbus Commons.
Now this is breaking news -- literally. During the dramatic new "Real Housewives of Orange County" Season 19 trailer ... Gretchen Rossi is coming clean about her extra rough sex life with fiancé Slade Smiley.
In a no-holds-barred confession, the reality star claims she broke her partner's penis -- even trying to recreate the moment by eagerly bending her finger down while noting ... "Like this!"
Slade didn't seem bothered by the X-rated confession ... nodding his head to confirm his manhood did, in fact, snap like a twig in the heat of the moment.
ESPN anchor Jay Harris just revealed he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer ... and while he'll be away from the "SportsCenter" desk for some time, he's vowing to come back "better than ever."
Harris -- who joined ESPN in 2003 -- broke the news to Michael Strahanon "Good Morning America" ... revealing he found out about the cancer over a month ago. He's scheduled to have surgery next week and will require some recovery time before returning to his day job.
"My doctor's quite optimistic," the 60-year-old said. "Per my last scan, nothing has spread. So, once we take out the prostate, hopefully that will be it. That's the goal."
Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto needed all the ice after taking a foul tip to his family jewels ... a blow so fierce, it forced him out of Wednesday's matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The painful moment went down in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Phils' contest up North -- Bo Bichette made contact with a pitch ... but unfortunately for the catcher, the ball went right toward his crotch.
Lil Scrappy's recent performance in Columbus, OH hit a snag when a man rushed the stage, only to get knuckled before he bucked -- and police are now investigating the case!!!
Sgt. James Fuqua of the Columbus Police Departmenttells TMZ Hip Hop that police weren't originally notified of the head-bussin' incident ... but investigators say they are now combing through the video.
Scrappy was performing during the Day 2 lineup for the SUMMER614 — Where Music is Therapy Festival, when a man crept up from the side of the stage and climbed onto a speaker -- only to be pushed with tremendous force by another man standing onstage before he could even make it on the platform.
Mariners star George Kirby was drilled in the face by a 102.7 MPH line drive on Tuesday night -- but somehow, he was able to leave the game under his own power.
The scene unfolded in the fifth inning of Seattle's tilt with the Orioles at T-Mobile Park ... when Ramón Urías smacked a Kirby four-seamer right back at the All-Star pitcher.
Kirby wasn't able to move out of the way quickly enough, and the ball hit him right in the jaw. It ended up caroming to first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who secured the inning-ending out -- but all eyes then turned toward Kirby.
Abby Lee Miller's accusing a prominent Los Angeles-area hospital of malpractice ... claiming the doctors who performed surgery on her left a foreign object in her body.
The "Dance Moms" star is suing Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital and two doctors in relation to a 2020 surgery she got on her spine.
While the surgery appeared to have been successful, Abby says she began suffering from abdominal pain and discomfort ... distress she says she shared with multiple medical professionals, including the two doctors who performed her surgery.
Actor Tray Chaney saw his son celebrate his 19th birthday from a hospital bed in the ICU this Sunday but he had a glimmer of good news on Tuesday ... telling TMZ his son's on the mend!!!
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Tray says his son Malachai Chaney was moved out of the ICU and into a stabilized room earlier today ... after being flung nearly the length of a football field, when a tornado came flying through their Atlanta suburb neighborhood last week, destroying their home.
Chaney's description of the events sounds like a Poltergeist film ... "The Wire" star says the windstorm levitated him in bed, right before he saw the walls closing in on him.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman appeared in Colorado court Monday following an attack on pro-Israel protesters gathering in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday ... Soliman is accused of using Molotov cocktails and what the FBI describes as a "makeshift flamethrower."
Soliman will be charged with 16 counts of attempted murder -- two for each of the eight victims, according to the New York Times. Soliman has been charged with at least one federal hate crime ... “hate crime involving actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin.” He was held on $10 million bond, and formal charges are expected Thursday.
Boulder Police said a crowd was attacked at a pro-Israel event called the "Run for Their Lives" walk at the city's Pearl Street Mall Sunday afternoon ... Molotov cocktails were hurled at people, injuring 8. Soliman was arrested shortly afterward.
