Truemors
UPDATE:
[q
url="http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d9ee13d4-8520-4d90-aac0-ecaa37059c84&rss=794"]John
Graziano remains in critical condition today at Bayfront hospital in
St. Petersburg, after a wreck involving Nick Hogan.
Nick Hogan, who is the son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, was
behind the wheel of a yellow Toyota Supra that police say was speeding
when it lost control and slammed into a tree on Court St. near downtown
Clearwater.
It turns out that Nick Hogan has been ticketed twice for speeding.
The most recent was on August 10th in Pinellas Park. Pinellas Park
Police pulled him over on U.S. 19 for going 85 mph in a 45 mph zone.
In April of this year, he was also ticketed for speeding in Osceola
County. Police there say he was driving 106 mph in a 70 mph zone.
Nick Hogan participates in a racing sport called, "drifting". He has
a professional license to participate in drifting races. Drifting is a
form of racing that in which cars slide of drift around tight corners
of a race course.
Nick Hogan was hospitalized after the crash but was released from Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg within a day.
The Hogan family has released a statement saying that Nick's sole concern is for the well being of his friend.
The family asks that thoughts and prayers be with John Graziano and his loved ones. [/q]
The father of the passenger a 2 tour Iraq war vet who may have brain damage was arrested. more info soon
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --The father of a 22-year-old injured during a crash that involved
Hulk Hogan's son remained jailed without bond Saturday after a family
fight in a hospital.Edward Graziano, 52, was arrested Friday on charges that he violated
a domestic violence injunction. His wife, Debra, renewed an expired
injunction against him Thursday after Graziano threw a cup of cold
coffee on his relatives.Graziano violated that injunction when he entered the hospital room
of his son, John Graziano, on Friday and came in contact with his wife,
police said. He was being held in the Pinellas County Jail, according
to jail records.John Graziano remained in critical condition. He was a passenger in
the car Hogan's 17-year-old son Nick Boella was driving when it crashed
into a tree this past Sunday.Witnesses have said Boella was racing another driver, who has not
yet been identified by police, at the time of the crash. Clearwater
police officers have so far said only that excessive speed contributed
to the crash. They continue to investigate the incident; no charges
have been filed.Edward Graziano was arrested in June on charges of domestic battery,
tampering with a witness and battery on a law enforcement officer. The
case is pending.
[q
url="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/sns-ap-hogan-son-crash,0,265978.story"]CLEARWATER,
Fla. - A woman said Hulk Hogan's son was racing another car moments
before he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree,
critically injuring his passenger.
Frances Vitalis, a registered nurse from Plant City, said she saw
17-year-old Nick Bollea's Toyota Supra smash into a median and spin
into a palm tree Sunday night. She said the Supra and a Dodge Viper
were revving their engines and racing between traffic signals before
the crash.
"We knew something was going to happen," said Vitalis, who was
riding a motorcycle with a friend behind the cars. "You know that this
is a bad situation and these guys are hotdogging."
Related links
* Nick Bollea Photo
Bollea's attorney, J. Kevin Hayslett, declined to comment.
Clearwater police spokesman Wayne Shelor also declined to comment on
the witness accounts, citing an ongoing investigation. He said
detectives have talked to "a number of eyewitnesses." Police so far
have said only that excessive speed contributed to the crash.
Shelor issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying Hulk Hogan "was
not driving a car beside or near the one his son, Nick, was driving
when it crashed." Shelor said Hogan arrived at the scene minutes after
the crash.
Meanwhile, Bollea's passenger, 22-year-old John J. Graziano of
Dunedin, remained in critical condition at Bayfront Medical Center, a
hospital spokeswoman said.
Bollea appears on VH1's "Hogan Knows Best" with his professional wrestler-father, his mother and sister.[/q]
[q
url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295051,00.html"]CLEARWATER,
Fla. — A woman said Hulk Hogan's son was racing another car moments
before he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree,
critically injuring his passenger.
Frances Vitalis, a registered nurse from Plant City, said she saw
17-year-old Nick Bollea's Toyota Supra smash into a median and spin
into a palm tree Sunday night. She said the Supra and a Dodge Viper
were revving their engines and racing between traffic signals before
the crash.
"We knew something was going to happen," said Vitalis, who was
riding a motorcycle with a friend behind the cars. "You know that this
is a bad situation and these guys are hotdogging."
Bollea's attorney, J. Kevin Hayslett, declined to comment.
Clearwater police spokesman Wayne Shelor also declined to comment on
the witness accounts, citing an ongoing investigation. He said
detectives have talked to "a number of eyewitnesses." Police so far
have said only that excessive speed contributed to the crash.
Shelor issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying Hulk Hogan "was
not driving a car beside or near the one his son, Nick, was driving
when it crashed." Shelor said Hogan arrived at the scene minutes after
the crash.
Meanwhile, Bollea's passenger, 22-year-old John J. Graziano of
Dunedin, remained in critical condition at Bayfront Medical Center, a
hospital spokeswoman said.
Bollea appears on VH1's "Hogan Knows Best" with h[/q]
[q
url="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0827071hogan1.html"]AUGUST
27--Wrestler Hulk Hogan's teenage son, who last night crashed his car
while apparently racing another vehicle on a Florida street, was cited
earlier this month for speeding in a construction zone while workers
were present. Nick Bollea, 17, was nabbed August 10 by Pinellas Park
police after his 1998 Toyota was recorded going 82 mph in a 45 mph
zone. He was also cited for failing to wear a seatbelt. The infractions
occurred at about 10:30 AM on a stretch of U.S. Highway 19, the heavily
trafficked corridor for north-south travel in Pinellas County.
According to the traffic citations, copies of which you'll find below,
Bollea is scheduled to appear in a St. Petersburg court on September 10
to answer the speeding charge. According to police, Bollea last night
lost control of his Toyota Supra and crashed the vehicle on a
Clearwater street. While Bollea was treated at a hospital for his
injuries and released, his passenger, 22-year-old John Graziano,
remains hospitalized in critical condition. Bollea stars with his
father (real name: Terry Bollea) and other family members in "Hogan
Knows Best," a VH1 reality show. The Bollea family recently moved to
Pinellas County from Miami Beach.[/q][q
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Hogan#Prior_speeding_tickets"]Hogan
was involved in a serious accident during a possible suicide attempt in
Clearwater, Florida on the evening of August 26, 2007 at around 7:31pm
ET[3]. The single vehicle crash happened at Court St. & Missouri
Ave near Downtown Clearwater. WTSP reported that there were two
occupants in the car, a Toyota Supra, at the time and the vehicle was
traveling at a "high rate of speed". [4] (This may have been Nick's
personal Toyota Supra which he has said has 1000 hp[8]) Witnesses also
claim that he was racing with a silver Dodge Viper although it isn't
clear if that led to the accident.[2]
The police stated that the impact of the collision "destroyed the
entire car."[2] Hogan and his passenger, 22-year-old John Graziano,
sustained injuries said to be "very very serious" and were flown to
Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. Graziano is a US
Marine.[2]
Video of the accident scene[5] shows a concerned Hulk Hogan talking to authorities.
Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge said early Monday that Nick
was released from care and is "ok". Graziano, however, remains in the
hospital with massive facial injuries.[/q]
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url="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8R9EUH81&show_article=1&catnum=0"]
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Hulk Hogan's son was released from the hospital
Monday, a day after a car crash that critically injured his passenger,
authorities said.
A Toyota Supra driven by Hogan's 17-year-old son, Nick Bollea, was
traveling at a high rate of speed at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Clearwater
Police spokesman Wayne Shelor said. Bollea lost control and hit a
raised median. The car flipped around, and the back end hit a palm tree.
Police identified Bollea's passenger as 22-year-old John J. Graziano
of Dunedin. He remained in critical condition Monday at Bayfront
Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The crash occurred on SR 60, which is a main drag through downtown
Clearwater. Alcohol isn't believed to have played a part in the crash.
Shelor said the crash remains under investigation.
Bollea appears on VH1's "Hogan Knows Best" with his professional wrestler-father, his mother and sister.[/q]
(CNN)
-- A high-speed car accident in Florida has left the teenage son of
wrestling star Hulk Hogan seriously injured and a companion in critical
condition late Sunday, police said.Nick Bollea, 17, was the driver of a Toyota Supra that went out of
control while driving at a "high rate of speed" about 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
said Wayne Shelor, a spokesman for the Clearwater police in Clearwater,
Florida.The car "inexplicably left the roadway," jumped across a raised
median and slammed into a palm tree just east of downtown, Shelor said."It destroyed the car," he said.
Firefighters had to extract Bollea and his passenger, whose identity
was not immediately released, from the wreckage. Both were flown to a
hospital in nearby St. Petersburg, Florida, Shelor said."They're both down there. Nick's father is down there," he said. Video Watch Hulk Hogan on the scene with the mangled car »
Hulk Hogan, one of the top professional wrestlers of the 1980s and
1990s, is now featured in the VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best." His
son, wife Linda and daughter Brooke regularly appear on the show.One episode documented the son's interest in a type of high-speed car racing known as "drifting."
Shelor said there was no evidence of drag racing or "drifting" in Sunday's wreck.
Police said Bollea -- known to viewers as "Nick Hogan" -- was not as
seriously hurt as his passenger, who was listed as critical.
Shelor said the wreck forced police to shut down mile-long Court
Street, the main east-west road through central Clearwater, as they
investigated the accident."I will have this road closed for a minimum of four hours," he said. "It was a spectacular wreck.
CLEARWATER --(AP) -- The son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan was seriously injured in a car crash Sunday night, police said.
A Toyota Supra driven by Nick Bollea was traveling at a high rate of
speed at approximately 7:30 p.m., Clearwater police spokesman Wayne
Shelor said. Bollea, which is Hogan's real name, lost control and hit a
raised median. The car flipped around, and the back end hit a palm tree.''The car was destroyed,'' Shelor said.
Bollea and an unidentified male passenger were rescued from the car
by paramedics, Shelor said. Then they were airlifted to Bayfront
Medical Center in St. Petersburg. Their official conditions were not
immediately available, but Shelor described the injuries of both men as
serious.The crash occurred on SR 60, which is a main drag through downtown
Clearwater. The road had to be shut down in both directions for several
hours, Shelor said.Alcohol is not believed to have played a part in the crash. The crash seems to have been caused by excessive speed, Shelor said.
Bollea appears on the reality TV show ''Hogan Knows Best'' with his father, mother and sister.
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at 08:37 on June 29th, 2009
umm. i just seen a video today about John Graziano and it made me cry! up until now, i watched brook knows best, and i seen nick to be an "alright" kid, but if i were him, i could not live with myself after john was hurt that badly. please take no offence...but if i were him, id rather be dead. the hogans need to pay up!! their family is hurting wayyy worse than yours!!!!