POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Singer Aaron Carter is safe after his SUV went up in flames after he hit a mattress on Florida's Turnpike. His spokesman says Carter was driving his 2004 Cadillac Escalade to Orlando after midnight Thursday when a mattress came loose from the cargo bed of a delivery van in front of him.

Carter drove over the mattress and it got stuck under his SUV. The mattress caught fire, most likely from the heat of the exhaust system.

The singer pulled over and left the vehicle, then watched it explode in flames. A friend traveling with him also escaped.

Neither Carter nor his friend was seriously hurt.

Carter said it happened in such a whirlwind and it's like the mattress flew out of nowhere. He says he's OK but he's still in shock.

State troopers said the delivery truck never stopped.

yeah i saw that in the news. talk about a freak accident :huh:


`.Melissa

omg thats horrible thank god hes ok

wow :o

but who sees a matress in the middle of the rode then decides to drive over it anyway? :huh:

no it was on a truck or something and fell off and he couldnt stop so he ran over it ... i think

Thats terrifying! :o I'm glad he's ok...I didnt even hear that on the news

damn thats scary

ohh woww
talk about freak accident
and i live in pompano beach lol

lol i read that the otha nite.. i didnt mean to laugh but a matress?... now THERES somethin to tell the kiddies about.. lol... i cant believe the matress truck didnt stop. even if he didnt know it fell outta the truck, the rear view mirror woulda show aarons suv on the size of the road in like.. flames.. err people... lol

how did he miss a tress in the middle of the stree?...i never liked him but ood things hes ok

ya im happy hes ok! lol i use 2 b n luv wit that dude wen i was younger! lmfaoo . but hes still hott :P :wub: but ya datz crzy stuff. i read it the other day 2