Macklemore OK after crash with suspected drunken driver

Macklemore will perform at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup on Sept. 21. Getty Images, File Photo

LANGLEY, Wash. — Local rapper Macklemore is OK after he was involved in a crash with a suspected drunken driver on Whidbey Island.

The Washington State Patrol said the crash happened at 10:45 p.m. Friday at Cascade Avenue and Sixth in Langley.

Officers said a 24-year-old man driving a Chevrolet pickup crossed the center line and hit Macklemore’s 2016 Mercedes head-on.

Macklemore was not hurt, but one of his two passengers was treated for a minor cut to the head, according to TMZ, who first reported the story.

The driver of the pickup was transported to the hospital. He was arrested for investigation of DUI and a warrant for a blood sample was served and then taken at the hospital.