Hulk Hogan’s Son Arrested For Crashing His Car Like A Git

If Hulk Hogan was your Dad, you'd probably rebel a little bit, mostly because you'd be sick of Hulk Hogan picking you up from parties and ripping his flimsy T-shirt off in front of everyone while feigning deafness in an exaggerated way.

So who can blame Hulk Hogan's son Nick Bollea for going off the rails a little bit? After all, Nick's just doing what normal teenagers do, pushing at the boundaries by occasionally drinking or getting interested in girls or… what's that? Nick Bollea rebelled by racing his Toyota at high speed on a wet road, flipping it into a tree-trunk and critically injuring his passenger? OK, admittedly that's something that a slightly smaller amount of teenagers do.

Anyway, long story short - Nick Bollea has been arrested for the crash and Hulk Hogan isn't very happy about it, so police should probably watch out for a bald geriatric man with ridiculous facial hair shouting "Whatcha gonna do?" at them until he gets tired and needs to sit down sometime soon.

Really this should be the happiest time of Hulk Hogan's life. After all, he's avoided the old wrestler fate of murdering his wife and children before committing suicide and found a new level of fame by starring in Hogan Knows Best and getting to present the new series of American Gladiators - but thanks to Hulk Hogan's son Nick Bollea, things aren't so rosy.

Because while 17-year-old Nick Bollea hasn't inherited his father's premature balding or weirdly saveloy-style arms, but he does seem to have inherited Hulk's need for danger. And this is something that manifested itself tragically on August 26 when Nick Hogan flipped his Toyota on a wet road and collided with a palm tree, a crash so serious that his passenger John Graziano will need to be cared for in a nursing home for the rest of his life.

And now police have decided that Nick Bollea's crash was enough to warrant an arrest for reckless driving involving serious bodily injury, and for Nick to be tried as an adult. The arrest prompted this statement from Hulk Hogan's lawyer:

"Nick and the entire 'Hogan' Bollea family are saddened that criminal charges have been filed in regards to the tragic single car accident on August 26, 2007. The family's primary focus and concern still remains for the continued recovery of Nick's longtime friend John Graziano. The Bolleas will also continue to stand by the Graziano family and help them in any way they can. The tragedy to both families is compounded by the fact that unfortunately John was not wearing his seatbelt. Thankfully, Nick was wearing his. Because of what happened to John, the entire Bollea family will make it a priority to increase public awareness about the importance of always wearing your seatbelt."

Much of the ensuing trial will focus on the speed at which Nick Bollea was driving and the conditions of the road at the time. Should it be proved that Nick's speeding caused the crash, there's a very strong chance that he'll be dealt some severe punishment.

But, aside from the arrest, possible jail sentence and crippling lifelong guilt at knowing that he's put a friend in a care home for the rest of his life, Nick Bollea should probably look on the bright side. After all, in terms of twattish celebrity offspring behaviour, flipping a car into the side of a tree must put Nick at least level with Rod Stewart's son now. And that's reason to be proud indeed.