10:01 PM, Aug 18, 2012 | By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY http://www.floridatoday.com/usatoday/article/826644odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CNATION%7Cp
Ryan Seacrest tweeted yesterday: "Just heard from my
friend Marc Summers he was in a serious accident- cab he was in hydroplaned.
Docs say he'll be ok. Wish him well @ibatvmc"
It didn't sound good for the host we remember from
Nickelodeon's Double Dare show in the late '80s, early '90s.
Turns out Summers, 60, suffered multiple broken bones in his
face and required emergency surgery after a bad car accident in Philadelphia
last week, reports TMZ.
Summers, who hosts Unwrapped on the Food Network and whose
production company is based in Philadelphia, told TMZ he can't remember much
about the accident because he was in the back of a taxi when it hydroplaned and
lost control.
Summers says he was was thrown into the clear partition
inside the taxi cab face first. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors
performed emergency plastic surgery.
He tells People.com: "Everything on the left side [of
my face] from my eye socket down was just wiped out. My eye socket got all
swollen. I'm having trouble seeing completely out of the left eye ... There's
lots of titanium and screws in my face. I was pretty lucky that I didn't have
brain damage," Summers adds.
TMZ reports he's home and resting in Philadelphia. "I'm
all good ... just in a lot of pain."
On Twitter on Thursday, Summers thanked fans and "Mr.
Seacrest" for the "kind words" and said, "Will Keep You
posted as recovery continues. Much love and respect. Marc."
Copyright 2012 USATODAY.com
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