Duff Goldman.Photo: Charm City Cakes
Duff Goldmanis recovering from a car accident involving a suspected drunk driver.
The Food Network star tells PEOPLE that he was being drivenhomein a black car from the Los Angeles airport on Feb. 1 when another car hit him head-on.
“I live on a really windy, canyon road in the Santa Monica Mountains, and this guy just came around this corner way too fast,” says Goldman. “He was already totally in our lane and just smashed into us.”
Goldman says he “saw the whole thing happen” and it was as if time slowed down. “I just saw my wife and my daughter. It was nuts,” he adds. “And then boom, the crash happened. I was just doing a systems check, making sure everything was where it was supposed to be, and I see there’s blood all the way down my hand, but nothing else. I was just like, ‘Thank God, thank God.’ Even as I was sitting there dealing with it, I was like, ‘I’m still here.’ "
The pastry chef, his driver, and the driver of the other car survived the crash but were taken to the hospital, he says. Goldman’s dominant right hand was crushed, requiring stitches, and he is waiting on a specialist to confirm next steps.
“It definitely doesn’t work,” Goldman says of his hand. “And I need it to, because that’s all I got.”
TheCharm City Cakesowner, who sharesdaughter Josephine, 3, withwife Johnna, posted about the accidenton Instagramon Sunday because he wants his followers to think long and hard before drinking and driving.
Duff Goldman’s hand injury from a car accident.Duff Goldman/Instagram
Duff Goldman/Instagram
“My daughter almost didn’t have a dad because this guy was stupid,” says Goldman. “There’s so many ways to get to where you need to go at the touch of a button, you can get a ride to anywhere you need to go. There’s just no excuse.”
“I just hope that people stop and think and just be like, ‘You know what? What’s the big deal? Take an Uber, and then in the morning I got to take an Uber back to where my car is.’ It’s not a big deal,” he adds.
Duff Goldman with wife Johnna and daughter Josephine.Chris McPherson
Chris McPherson
“I’ve been hugging my family a lot. I think they’re getting sick of it,” he says, laughing. “I just keep saying like, ‘Come here. Give me a hug real fast.”
source: people.com
