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“Beverly Hills, 90210” made Jason Priestley a teen idol.
Not unlike his character, Priestley needs a sappy Chris Isaak song overlaid on many parts of his life.
His biggest real-life plot twist?
When the actor narrowly made it out alive in a serious car accident.
Aside from acting, Priestley was passionate about professional race car driving.
He seriously began pursuing a racing career in 1991 in the California Rally Series.
Priestley made his first victory in the Motorola Cup North American Street Stock Championship in 1998.
The years that followed brought more successful outcomes, until 2002 two years after wrapping “90210.”
He went from 180 mph to zero in a split second.
Priestley had some serious injuries, including a broken back and trauma to the head.
What has Jason Priestley said about his accident?
His traumatic accident was one of the manytragic details that plagued the “90210” cast.
Priestly revealed the gruesome details of reconstructing his body after the crash toCNN’s Piers Morganin 2011.
“I broke my spine and I shattered both my feet,” he said.
“I did a lot of damage to my face, too.
He even confessed that the doctors removed his eyeball to make it restore a part of his skull.
Luckily for the actor, his face healed back to its original heartthrob state.
Priestley was eventually able to get behind the wheel again this time just for fun.
“Because everybody changes they have their own perception of the truth.
And his is definitely different than mine.”
