Dylan Walsh and his family are “safe” after being involved in a car accident in Rumson, New Jersey.
The Nip/Tuck star’s representative issued a statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, August 20, confirming, “Thankfully, everyone is safe and has since returned home. The family is deeply grateful for the swift response of the Rumson Police, Fire Department, and EMS, as well as the staff at Riverview Medical Center for their care.”
The statement continued, “They would also like to extend a special thank-you to the management and staff of The River Point Inn for their support in the immediate aftermath.”
Earlier this week, Patch reported that two people experiencing pain were taken to the hospital following a serious, single-car accident on Sunday, August 17. Patrol officers were called to an intersection where they “found that a 2022 Ford Explorer with five people in it had been traveling northbound on East River Road when it veered into the southbound lane,” the outlet reported on Tuesday, August 19.
According to Rumson Police Lt. Christopher Isherwood, the car broke through a utility pole before colliding with another utility pole. Both poles were damaged.
The incident caused a brief power outage affecting eight people, and closed the intersection through Tuesday morning while the utility poles were replaced.
It is unclear who was behind the wheel during the crash. An investigation is underway.
Walsh’s wife, Leslie Bourque-Walsh, mentioned the accident in a Facebook post that has since been deleted. Per the outlet Towns Of: Monmouth County, NJ, her update read, “It was our family who was involved in the car accident on River Road yesterday afternoon. We just want to thank everyone who took care of us in this scary time.”
Bourque-Walsh expressed gratitude “to the managers/staff at River Point Inn who immediately ran out to make sure we were ok and comfort our kids (literally one lady wrapped her arms around all of us letting us know it would be ok) – bringing ice bags and the fancy Evian water bottles.”
She also thanked “the first responders who came faster than one would think. The EMT who put up with my corny jokes in the ambulance. And the ER staff at Riverview Medical.”
In conclusion, she wrote, “We are a bit bruised from seatbelts, but grateful for them and air bags which saved our lives. We apologize for anyone who lost power or inconvenience.”
Bourque-Walsh followed up with another Facebook message — this one dedicated to the family’s car.
“Today we got all of our stuff out of our Timberline- the EZ pass, the Thule on top and said good bye… This car drove our family on the very best road trip from Vancouver, BC to Rumson, NJ,” she wrote, adding, “All in all it is just a car, but so many memories attached to it.”
Walsh, 61, and his wife, 53, share daughter Amelie Belle and son Hudson Scott. The actor, who played Dr. Sean McNamara on FX’s Nip/Tuck, also shares daughter Stella with ex-wife Joanna Going as well as son Thomas and daughter Joanna with his first wife Melora Walters.
