Alec Baldwin Speaks Out After Crashing Wife Hilaria’s Car Into a ‘Big Fat Tree’ in the Hamptons

Alec Baldwin is speaking out about the car crash he and his brother Stephen Baldwin were involved in.

Late on Monday, Oct. 13, the actor, 67, shared a video on Instagram in which he said he drove his wife Hilaria Baldwin’s car into a tree in East Hampton, New York, while driving with his brother Stephen, 59.

“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,” Alec began in the video. “I’m fine. My brother Stephen was visiting me on Long Island, and we spent the weekend out there for the film festival.”

As Alec explained, he and Stephen were attending the Hamptons International Film Festival, which concluded on Monday, Oct. 13, and a “guy cut me off in a garbage truck” that he said was “the size of a whale” while they were driving in the morning.

“It was the biggest garbage truck I’ve ever seen. Anyway, I won’t go into the details and bore you, but to avoid hitting him I hit a tree. I hit a big fat tree and crushed my car, my wife’s car,” he added. “I crushed my wife’s car. I feel bad about that, but I’m fine and my brother’s fine.” 

East Hampton’s chief of police Michael D. Sarlo told PEOPLE on Tuesday, Oct. 14, that the town’s police department responded to Baldwin’s accident at approximately 12:01 p.m. on Oct. 13.

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“A white 2023 Range Rover, operated by Alec Baldwin, with passenger Stephen Baldwin, was found to have struck a tree on the Eastbound shoulder of the roadway while avoiding the turning action of a 2020 Mack commercial truck, registered to National Waste Services out of Bay Shore, N.Y.,” Sarlo wrote in a statement.

“There were no injuries reported or summons issued and the contributing factors to the accident were found to be a reaction to an uninvolved vehicle and the slippery and wet roadway conditions.”

In Alec’s video, the actor thanked the East Hampton police officers who responded to the scene of his accident.

“My wife’s car is pretty smashed up. Big tree, big, fat tree. And I’m going to L.A. to see my family. Can’t wait,” he said. “Going out to California to gather my family together, going to spend a few days out there and then come home. But I’m still so proud of my wife. Hilaria, I love you more than anything, and I’m very proud of you.”

“I’m fine. I’m fine. Other than…,” he added, gesturing to a scrape on his face.

Hilaria, 41, also shared a short video to Instagram on Oct. 13, in which she affirmed that her husband is “okay, Stephen is okay, everybody is okay.” 

“Nobody was hurt and that is the most important thing,” said Hilaria, who was recently sent home from the Dancing with the Stars competition. “So I love you and thank you, thank you, thank you for caring.”