--- title: Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Canada description: The driver fled the scene canonical: https://time.com/3819146/ryan-reynolds-hit-by-car/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T11:48:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:20:42.358Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Canada og:description: The driver fled the scene og:url: https://time.com/3819146/ryan-reynolds-hit-by-car/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc10210c9bba96439/6987eac6e53aba54d54db48a/ryan-reynolds1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ryan Reynolds attends the 'Woman in Gold' press conference during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin on Feb. 9, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Canada twitter:description: The driver fled the scene twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc10210c9bba96439/6987eac6e53aba54d54db48a/ryan-reynolds1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Canada by [Maria Mercedes Lara / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Maria Mercedes Lara / People Apr 13, 2015 11:48 AM UTC  Ryan Reynolds attends the 'Woman in Gold' press conference during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin on Feb. 9, 2015. Ryan Reynolds attends the 'Woman in Gold' press conference during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin on Feb. 9, 2015.Dominique Charriau—WireImage/Getty Images by [Maria Mercedes Lara / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Maria Mercedes Lara / People Apr 13, 2015 11:48 AM UTC [Ryan Reynolds](http://www.people.com/people/ryan%5Freynolds) was the victim of a hit-and-run in Vancouver on Sunday, [the Associated Press](https://news.yahoo.com/actor-ryan-reynolds-hit-not-injured-car-vancouver-015437757.html) reports. The actor’s publicist tells the AP that he was struck by a paparazzo who was driving a car through an underground parking garage. “The \[driver\] fled the scene,” publicist Leslie Sloane told the news outlet. “Ryan is okay.” The 38-year-old actor, who hails from Vancouver, was in town to film _Deadpool_. His wife, Blake Lively, was in Los Angeles over the weekend to do press for her latest film, _The Age of Adaline_. Reynolds joked about his accident [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/587404058400399360) on Sunday night when a reporter from the CBC Tweeted at him asking how he was doing after being hit by the car and sending out his phone number. “Put _Beachcombers_ back on the air and I’ll call,” Reynolds wrote, referencing the popular Canadian series that ran on CBC from 1972 to 1990. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/ryan-reynolds-car-accident-hit-run) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com/people/)_._ [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819146/ryan-reynolds-hit-by-car/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819146/ryan-reynolds-hit-by-car/"},"headline":"Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Canada","datePublished":"2015-04-13T11:48:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:20:42.358Z","description":"The driver fled the scene","url":"https://time.com/3819146/ryan-reynolds-hit-by-car/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc10210c9bba96439/6987eac6e53aba54d54db48a/ryan-reynolds1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maria Mercedes Lara / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc10210c9bba96439/6987eac6e53aba54d54db48a/ryan-reynolds1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ryan Reynolds attends the 'Woman in Gold' press conference during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin on Feb. 9, 2015.","caption":"Ryan Reynolds attends the 'Woman in Gold' press conference during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin on Feb. 9, 2015.","creditText":"Dominique Charriau—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819146/ryan-reynolds-hit-by-car/","name":"Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Canada"}}]}] ```