Mel Gibson crashed his car

Last night, at 8:35 in Malibu, Mel Gibson lost control of his 2008 Maserati and crashed into the rock wall along Malibu Canyon Road. He wasn’t hurt, he was alone and alcohol was not a factor, but Mel won’t tell police why he crashed. And good for him. It would ruin the surprise.

In their statement, the California Highway Patrol wrote…

“For unknown reasons, Mr. Gibson steered his car to the right and struck the rock hillside.  He stopped his car at the scene and was contacted by officers from the West Valley CHP Area.”

The CHP is not implying Gibson crashed his car deliberately, just that they don’t know what happened. A spokesman told TMZ…

“Gibson told officers in the field he did not know how the car drifted out of the lane and into the hillside.”  Officers followed up by asking Gibson if he was on a cell phone and he said no. (They) also asked Gibson if he had dozed off “but he did not give a firm ‘yes’ or ‘no’.” Gibson just repeated several times, “I don’t know how the car left the roadway.”

“I guess that’s what I get for buying one of these dago cars,” Gibson thought to himself. “Maybe it mistook a rock for a cannoli and wanted to steal it. Typical.”