Jetski Crash Badly Injures Hip-Hop Singer Sean Kingston and Friend
- Posted on May 30, 2011 at 4:50am by
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MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say rapper Sean Kingston is hospitalized after a crashing a personal watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino says Kingston and a female passenger were injured when the watercraft hit the Palm Island Bridge around 6 p.m. Sunday. Pino says both were hospitalized early Monday at Ryder Trauma Center, but he didn’t know their conditions.
Pino says authorities are investigating the crash, and “nothing at this point would indicate that alcohol played a role.”
A representative for his label Epic Records confirmed early Monday that Kingston was in a crash and “was now stabilized.” No further information was provided.
Kingston rose to fame with his 2007 hit “Beautiful Girls” and was also featured on songs by artists including Justin Bieber.
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Comments (56)
richkat519
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:25ama lot of you people have really bad comments to say. 2 people were seriously hurt! regardless of how you feel towards these people, they were enjoying the day and may never be the same. Speaking as a person whose brother has a brain injury I find half these comment completely horrible. I hope the Karma bus isn’t coming your way anytime soon. I like this website but seriously these people are way off base
Report Post »mpil1
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 4:03pm@RICHKAT519: ” I like this website but seriously these people are way off base.” Agreed. I used to like the Blaze but lately the people are getting way “out there.” with some of these posts. I don’t know if its because the site is becoming more popular and the reader base is growing beyond “Beck Fans” or if its because as time goes on these readers are showing their true colors more and more. After reading through these comments its seems the general attitude here is “Hip Hop artists = automatically bad guy.”
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:44pmWell, let’s hope it knocked some sense into him. They’re having Hip Hop Weekend on South Beach again this Memorial Day weekend. But I think the official name for it is “Urban” weekend or something like that. Whatever they call it, the “crazies” are there, fighting, shooting, destroying and doin’ their Thug Thing. Meanwhile, from what a friend tells me, most residents stay indoors and give up their streets to the invading hoards. Politicians are happy. They claim the mantle of being inclusive in the name of diversity. Meanwhile havoc reigns supreme. How much longer is America going to cower in the face of destructive miscreants for fear of being branded racist? When will we find anti-social behavior to be UNACCEPTABLE? When will we GROW A PAIR?
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:54pmHere is a great video of Black Biker Week in Myrtle Beach SC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKzQN3jnIs
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 8:07amOh and you where a Model Citizen when you where Growing up right?
Report Post »CaptDick
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 8:52pmI am a sailor. Where I sail most often they are called lake-lice (PWC/Jetskis). They are among the most ignorant on the water. I almost had a guy on a PWC put a hole in the starboard side of my sailboat once. It scared him but I fear not enough to learn better sense.
Report Post »Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:40pmNo really Mr. insurance agent, the bridge swerved several times before running into me
Report Post »SquirrelNYC
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:20pmThis was a sad story to see but it‘s good to hear they’re OK. I’ve never really listened to Sean Kingston, but the one or two times I did, he was enjoyable. At the moment, I can’t recall hearing anything bad about him. In another article I read, it is mentioned that he refuses to use profanity in his music because that’s not the type of performer he wants to be – something very different from most of the hip-hop performers out there. While it is possible he did not exercise good judgment while riding his jet-ski, I hope he gets better. I also hope that the posters here at the Blaze can exercise better judgment before putting up a post.
Look, there are many things we may agree/disagree on, and we can say what we want, but responsibility is also key. Always remember that.
Report Post »deweydewmeyer
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:31pmok I posted to soon
Report Post »deweydewmeyer
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:05pmmight be visitying with uncle Teddy soon. Tough rappin with that dern tube.
Report Post »Wait….Tube Rap
deweydewmeyer
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 7:06pmgergl gergl gergl u ho bridge is whack
Report Post »BBomber66
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 5:44pmHe had an accident with a vehicle. Was the blood alcohol level tested? Oh wait. He is a ceebrity.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:55pmoh no, one less rapper/hip hopper, how will we ever go on.
Report Post »jacobstroubles
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:28pmAnd this is news why?
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 3:09pmI was hoping someone actually had it on video.
Report Post »Can’t imagine how anyone runs in to a bridge.
Hope they’re going to be alright.
Sell the jetski.
Doug Piranha
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:04pmAs GOD is my witness, I have NEVER heard of this guy.
Report Post »yippyio
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:54pmIs this guy related to Chill Mitchell in anyway.
Report Post »jerrygar
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 1:01pmHockey, tennis, diving, spelunking…& jet skiing. YOU figure out the rest.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:36amNascar, bowling, rugby and poetry
Report Post »Reagan was Right
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:01pmSkydiving,mountain climbing,pronouncing the word,“ask” correctly
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:44pmAlls I’ll say is thank GOD they are ok and maybe he should stick to singing.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:44pmSean Kingston hurt on jet ski and my granddaughter smashed her toes in the door. My granddaughter’s story is much more compelling to me, Kingston mean nothing.
Report Post »JoeySocal
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:37pmNothing at this point would indicate alcohol was invloved other than running into a bridge. The lack of brakes usually is problem for inexperienced riders.
Report Post »eramthgin
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:36pmHow stupid do you have to be to hit this bridge? Natural Selection at work.
Report Post »HeWalksOnWater
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:43pmCocaine is a helluva drug…
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:16pmWhy don’t people just bail off a jet ski before they hit an immovable object like a bridge? More people get hurt on these every year because they are completely clueless about how to drive them. Some get on these personal water craft who don’t even know how to swim. I mean, how do you not notice you are headed straight for a bridge?
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:23amSome kind of hip hop convention has been going on at Miami Beach.
Report Post »JoeAmerica
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:14amSeems odd The Blaze would post this story.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:01pmClearly the blaze is adding to the sterotype that black people can’t swim. Water has killed more black people than guns.
Report Post »ny2fl2009
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:17pmI agree. Only the morons make “real” comments on this type of story.
Report Post »SquirrelNYC
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 12:08amWhy not? If including some stories from the entertainment world draws more readers and is truthful, then I don’t see a problem.
Report Post »MASTER YODA
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:06amDucka you head…Lowla Bridgida
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:30ambada-bboom!
Report Post »orlandojon
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:06amA hip-hopper on a jet ski, that‘s something you don’t see every day.
Report Post »Rashomon
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:00amI got $10 that says what ever happen was preceded by ” Watch This!”
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 6:49pmlmao!
Report Post »NeoKong
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:52am“Pino says authorities are investigating the crash, and “nothing at this point would indicate that alcohol played a role.”
Oh please.
Report Post »I’ll eat my shorts if that guy was sober.
AirtechJr
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:18amNo I did not SEE a duck, I said duck!
Get well soon.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 10:31amTraumatic deceleration due to gross stupidity … very unforgiving.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:36amblack people and water are a bad combination.
Report Post »ny2fl2009
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:16pmTo Big Pickle YOU are an idiot.
Report Post »barak hussein osama arafat
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:53pmwhy dont’ all them ***** rappers get jet skis ?
Report Post »maybe obama will pay for them.
The Big Pickle
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 12:57pmIn a perfect world all 40 million black people in America would go jetsking….
What? Can’t a guy have a dream?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 2:54pmWhat else would anti-American, racist trolls have to do on Memorial Day? Certainly not be patriotic, so they waste their dribble on Blaze. Hope those folks get better soon – gotta run say a prayer for them and pay tribute to our men/women in uniform.
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 6:58pmOh My God…Read the headlines in this newspaper!
http://t4.imagechef.com/ic/imgout/sampef0113d3b1775c19.jpg
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:32pmgrandmaof5, I’m afraid the racists here are being quite honest… the trolls are the ones who are NOT racists. :\
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 8:06amThe man who save Kingston was a Coast Guard Pilot. and was the Nephew Of a good friend of mine.
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