Revealed: Dashcam footage contradicts Alec Baldwin’s account of car crash

On Monday afternoon, October 13, actor Alec Baldwin and his brother Stephen Baldwin were involved in a car crash in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York.

After the accident, Alec Baldwin went to Instagram and gave an update, posting, "I just want to post a quick message. I got all these inquiries about my car thing this morning — I was in a car accident this morning. I'm fine. My brother, Stephen, was out visiting me…. I hit a big, fat tree. And crushed my car — my wife's car. I crashed my wife's car. I feel bad about that. But it's all fine, and I'm fine and my brother's fine."

According to reporting from the right-wing media outlet Newsmax, however, a dashcam video "appears to contradict" Alec Baldwin's account of the crash.

Newsmax reports, "The 1-minute, 29-second front-facing video, taken from the commercial truck Alec Baldwin claims cut him off, shows the truck making a legal right turn onto Montauk Highway in East Hampton, New York, before Alec Baldwin's white Range Rover comes into view — and moments later, slams into a tree along the roadside. The footage begins with the truck exiting a parking lot and making a routine right turn."

Newsmax's reporting continues, "Roughly 30 seconds in, Alec Baldwin's vehicle appears to attempt to pass the truck on the right, before veering onto the shoulder and striking a large tree head-on. The video then captures the aftermath, including the Range Rover's crumpled front end."

According to Newsmax, the truck that Alec Baldwin said "cut him off" before the crash "does not appear to impede his path" in the dashcam video.

"Instead, the footage shows Alec Baldwin's vehicle attempting to maneuver around the truck after it had already completed its turn," Newsmax reports. "There is no visible indication that the truck forced Alec Baldwin from his lane, nor any sudden obstruction requiring evasive action. Seconds later, his SUV loses control and crashes into the tree."