Drag Race icon Morphine in hospital and ‘grateful to be alive’ after surviving deadly car crash
One person passed away in the Uber crash
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 fan favourite queen Morphine Love Dion has shared that she is in hospital with serious injuries after surviving a car crash in LA, which saw one person lose their life.
In a statement posted to Morphine’s Instagram story, the Drag Race legend was revealed to have been in a car crash as the story reads “Saturday night, Morphine was in a serious car accident while in an Uber. She suffered multiple injuries but is grateful to be alive. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Some space and time is appreciated as she focuses on healing.”
Via Morphine Love Dion on Instagram
Also in the car with Morphine was Canada’s Drag Race queen Kaos, who is on bed rest after the crash. Kaos shared a statement saying “Just so everyone knows I am ok just been on bed rest. I will be making a post explaining what happened this weekend once I am in the right headspace and also can explain it all and the accident.
“For now resting and sorry won’t be posting any dragon stuff right now either that will come later prob next week! If anyone has posts or pics or stories of me with them from Dragcon I will be resharing those though as they are uplifting and making me feel positive and better!!! So feel free to share!”
The crash in LA came after the queens had descended on the city for the annual RuPaul’s DragCon LA.
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According to Entertainment Weekly, the car crash happened at 3.30 AM on Sunday morning. California Highway Patrol reportedly responded to a one car crash that then caused multiple cars to pile up in a big accident. One person has apparently died from their injuries.
Uber has made a statement to EW, saying “Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by this gut-wrenching crash. We are working to get in touch with the driver and riders to check on their well-being.”
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