Alijah Arenas, five-star high school recruit and son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, has reportedly been put into an induced coma after being involved in a serious car accident on Thursday, per ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Five-star prospect and USC commit Alijah Arenas was involved in a serious car crash early Thursday morning, hospitalized and placed into an induced coma, sources tell ESPN. Arenas, 18, is the son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas.
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Reports from TMZ indicate that the 18-year old crashed his Tesla Cybertruck early Thursday morning. The same report claims that emergency responders arrived on the scene at around 4:55 a.m. after calls of a vehicle on fire, with Arenas already out of the vehicle when they arrived.
He was reportedly rushed to the hospital and placed into an induced coma.
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Arenas is a five-star recruit that has already committed to playing at the University of Southern California next season. He was originally supposed to graduate in 2026 before reclassifying to graduate a year early.
He played in the McDonald’s All-American Game earlier this month.
His father Gilbert has yet to speak publicly on the incident and no further information on Arenas’ condition has been released.
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