Five-star prospect Alijah Arenas was involved in a serious car accident early Thursday morning and had to be placed in a medically-induced coma.
According to Arenas’ family (Twitter link via Shams Charania of ESPN), the 18-year-old is no longer in a coma and “has shown significant signs of progress within the last 24 hours.” While Arenas remains intubated, the fact that he was able to come out of the coma was a “critical step forward in his recovery.”
Arenas was reportedly the driver and lone person involved in the crash. After hitting a fire hydrant and tree, the vehicle he was driving caught on fire, and nearby bystanders helped rescue him from the accident, per the statement.
A 6’6″ shooting guard who has committed to playing his freshman season at USC, Arenas was No. 13 on ESPN’s recruiting rankings for the 2025 class, making him a possible first-round pick in 2026. He is the son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas.
Our best wishes go out to Arenas as well his family and friends as he continues to recover.
CyberTrucks, America’s Fire Hazard
for your health
probably hit the fire hydrant in “auto pilot” mode
ya the autopilot was definitely the culprit not the 18 year old driving at 5 am coming back from who knows what
I stayed out late gamin with friends and stuff at that age. I could definitely see someone over trusting the auto pilot like many other tesla drivers have, and get run into something like many other tesla drivers have. To then have the supposed strong box protected batteries catch fire… The coma was probably because of burns sustained where they had to do it while they stabilized him.
Not from…
Going TO a 5am workout.
“You have selected fire hydrant, target confirmed.”
So his cybertruck was absolutely useless in preventing driver harm? I thought Elon said passenger safety was #1???
Glad it’s looking okay for Arenas and hopefully he will make it back on the court soon!
He must have plenty of people who love him.
Keep praying for him ……
The Tesla was just pre-empting the fire by crashing directly into a water source. Great safety design tbh
Happy that he is recovering but….how does one hit a tree randomly? How did that happen?
Happens every day.
Glad to hear that this young man is recovering. As I told all 3 of my sons when they were young, “Nothing good happens after midnight!” It’s still true.
I thought it was 2am Ted…
Being Dumb enough to drive that piece of crap is not a good sign. Good luck though, in your one year of professional college basketball and five intro to badminton classes.