'RHOC' Alum Kelly Dodd's Husband Says He's Lucky to Be Alive After Car Crash - TMZ

'RHOC' Kelly Dodd Husband's Scary Car Crash ... 'I'm Lucky to Be Alive'

1/10/2023 4:44 PM PT

Kelly Dodd's husband, Rick Leventhal, is successful the exigency country aft being progressive successful a nasty car mishap -- seemingly related to SoCal's fierce storms -- and helium says he's fortunate he's not dead.

The 'Real Housewives of Orange County' alum conscionable posted video of her husband's clang and she tells TMZ ... Rick was driving her achromatic Mercedes-Benz S-Class retired to Palm Desert, CA Tuesday erstwhile the mishap happened connected a bedewed and slick freeway.

Kelly says Rick suffered breached ribs and was transported by ambulance to a hospital. We're told the car was totaled, but Rick volition beryllium okay.

Kelly's asking for prayers connected societal media, and they've already canceled their Wednesday podcast occurrence for "The Rick & Kelly Show!"

Rick commented connected Kelly's post, saying ... "Honestly I'm fortunate to beryllium alive. Scariest moments of my life. This makes everything adjacent much meaningful ❤️."

California's inactive getting hammered by a fierce wintertime tempest that's causing evacuations, deaths and tons of problems each implicit the authorities and it appears the rainfall whitethorn person played a relation successful Rick's crash.

Kelly wasn't with Rick astatine the clip of the clang ... she's connected a travel to Aspen.