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Alyssa Milano involved in car accident after uncle’s possible heart attack

Alyssa Milano and her uncle were involved in a car accident after he suffered a possible heart attack at the wheel.

The former “Charmed” star was sitting in the passenger seat while her uncle Mitchell was driving on a Los Angeles freeway Tuesday morning when he experienced a medical issue and became unconscious, according to a California Highway Patrol press release obtained by Page Six.

Milano’s uncle was driving a Ford SUV when he drifted into another lane, hit another vehicle and “started to have an unknown medical issue (possible heart attack),” the report said.

“With the assistance of a Good Samaritan, they were able to bring the Ford to a stop in between the #1 and #2 lane,” the press release added.

Two Los Angeles Police Department units arrived and initiated CPR on Milano’s uncle, who was later transported to the hospital. The report noted that Milano, 48, was uninjured and picked up by her husband, David Bugliari.

Milano shared a lengthy statement on social media about the accident on Wednesday afternoon, confirming that her uncle suffered a “serious heart attack.”

Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano and her uncle Mitchell were involved in a car accident.Broadimage/Shutterstock

“I am grateful to the people who stopped to help us. I’ll never be able to thank them enough for the care and attention they, along with the first responders, doctors, nurses, and staff at UCLA Medical Center paid to him and to me,” she wrote.

She added that her Uncle Mitch is “such an important part of our family. He’s with us every day, spending time with my children and present in every meaningful part of our lives. He’s still in the hospital, and we are unsure if he will recover.”

Milano urged her followers to get certified in CPR and ended her note asking for privacy.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ, which first reported the news of the accident, that the “Hall Pass” actress reached over and used her hand to hit the brakes. When the car stopped, she reportedly gave her uncle CPR until the first responders arrived.