JIM KILL
TampaBay Vettes
August 26, 2007
Hulk Hogan's son injured in wreck
Investigators examine the totaled Toyota Celica Supra Nick Bollea, 17, had been driving. Bollea and a passenger, 22-year-old John J. Graziano, were airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center. [Times photo : Jim Damaske]
CLEARWATER -- Hulk Hogan’s son and another young man were seriously injured in a car crash Sunday evening in Clearwater.
Driver Nick Bollea, 17, also known as Nick Hogan, and passenger John J. Graziano, 22, had to be extracted from the crumpled Toyota Celica Supra.
Officials said both were taken by air to Bayfront Medical Center, where Graziano was reported in critical condition. Family members gathered at the hospital late Sunday, but reporters were kept at a distance.
Nick Bollea’s injuries were described as non-life threatening, said Wayne Shelor, Clearwater Police Department spokesman.
The bright yellow car was traveling eastbound on Court St. around 7:30 p.m. when it hit the median, Shelor said.
Dennis Balila, who was in the yard of a nearby apartment complex, said he heard the loud screech and then saw the car flying backwards.
Bollea’s car skidded around 25 yards, spun around and crashed, trunk-first into a median palm tree, Shelor said.
Hulk Hogan arrived on the scene flanked by three Clearwater police officers, Balila said. For around 30 minutes, he went back and forth between the car and ambulance as the two young men were cut free, he said.
No charges have been filed as of early Monday.
A Robinson High School graduate, Hulk Hogan moved into a 17,000-square-foot Belleair mansion with his family in 1996.
Their faces became familiar at Tampa Bay area events.
In 2005, when the reality show “Hogan Knows Best” began airing on VH1, a national audience got a glimpse of the family’s life in Florida.
They put the 2.3-acre property up for sale in mid-2006 while filming the show, with a $25-million asking price. They then moved to a new $12-million bayfront estate on Miami Beach’s North Bay Road.
But later that year, the wrestler’s Realtor told the Times the Belleair home was no longer on the market. And Hogan said they never really left the area.
“They came back for the holidays and said this is home and they love the area,” Coldwell Banker Realtor Marcia Ellis said.
Hulk Hogan's son injured in wreck
Investigators examine the totaled Toyota Celica Supra Nick Bollea, 17, had been driving. Bollea and a passenger, 22-year-old John J. Graziano, were airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center. [Times photo : Jim Damaske]
CLEARWATER -- Hulk Hogan’s son and another young man were seriously injured in a car crash Sunday evening in Clearwater.
Driver Nick Bollea, 17, also known as Nick Hogan, and passenger John J. Graziano, 22, had to be extracted from the crumpled Toyota Celica Supra.
Officials said both were taken by air to Bayfront Medical Center, where Graziano was reported in critical condition. Family members gathered at the hospital late Sunday, but reporters were kept at a distance.
Nick Bollea’s injuries were described as non-life threatening, said Wayne Shelor, Clearwater Police Department spokesman.
The bright yellow car was traveling eastbound on Court St. around 7:30 p.m. when it hit the median, Shelor said.
Dennis Balila, who was in the yard of a nearby apartment complex, said he heard the loud screech and then saw the car flying backwards.
Bollea’s car skidded around 25 yards, spun around and crashed, trunk-first into a median palm tree, Shelor said.
Hulk Hogan arrived on the scene flanked by three Clearwater police officers, Balila said. For around 30 minutes, he went back and forth between the car and ambulance as the two young men were cut free, he said.
No charges have been filed as of early Monday.
A Robinson High School graduate, Hulk Hogan moved into a 17,000-square-foot Belleair mansion with his family in 1996.
Their faces became familiar at Tampa Bay area events.
In 2005, when the reality show “Hogan Knows Best” began airing on VH1, a national audience got a glimpse of the family’s life in Florida.
They put the 2.3-acre property up for sale in mid-2006 while filming the show, with a $25-million asking price. They then moved to a new $12-million bayfront estate on Miami Beach’s North Bay Road.
But later that year, the wrestler’s Realtor told the Times the Belleair home was no longer on the market. And Hogan said they never really left the area.
“They came back for the holidays and said this is home and they love the area,” Coldwell Banker Realtor Marcia Ellis said.
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Although I've met Terry a couple of times through aquaintances and he's truly a good guy, do anything for the kids sort of person, his own kids seem a little spoiled to me.
