Footage of Nicole Kidman crash released

Footage of Nicole Kidman crash released


FOOTAGE of Nicole Kidman's high-speed car crash while shooting an action scene for her new science fiction movie shows the Australian actress gingerly walking away from the accident.

Hollywood gossip website, TMZ.com, released the footage.

It shows a stunt truck towing a Jaguar containing Kidman racing around a corner in downtown Los Angeles.

A screech of tyres is followed by vehicles crashing into a lamp post.

Crew members run to the accident site and a stunt man, wearing a helmet, appears to be the first person out of the wreckage.

Then, with some crew holding a sheet to protect Kidman from paparazzi, the footage depicts Kidman, 39, walking away from the cars.

She walks slowly and appears shaken up, but does not seem to be injured.

Kidman was taken to a Los Angeles hospital, but was later released.

According to TMZ: "Kidman was in the vehicle at the time of the accident and was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

"She was released shortly thereafter".

No other actors were involved in the scene at the time of the incident, TMZ reported, but two additional crew members sustained minor injuries as a result of the collision.

"I think she's OK," Kidman's publicist Catherine Olim said.

Kidman was shooting a scene for her new film, Invasion, based on the Jack Finney story classic The Body Snatchers, which has spawned three film versions, including the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers.