Rapper DMX arrested in crash of NYC police car

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Rapper DMX was arrested after a three-car crash involving a police cruiser on a major New York City expressway, police said yesterday.

Police said a car driven by DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, hit another car, which then slammed into the cruiser late on Friday on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Two police officers were treated for minor injuries.

The 34-year-old hip-hop star was charged with driving with a suspended license and released, police said.

The driver of the first car hit was treated for minor injuries.

Last year, DMX was jailed for weapon and drug possession, and criminal impersonation after trying to steal a car then crashing into another vehicle through a parking lot gate at New York's Kennedy Airport.

- REUTERS