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Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke revealed he is 'sore all over' after 'faceplanting into his steering wheel' and sustaining moderate injuries from crashing his Lexus LS 500 into a gate in Malibu last week.
On his first public sighting since the scary collision, which left him with a painful lip laceration and two stitches, the 97-year-old actor appeared chipper as he received a ride around town from his wife Arlene Silver, 51 in an exclusive DailyMail.com video captured on Friday.
After getting out of the passenger's seat, the Mary Poppins star detailed how he face-planted straight into his steering wheel as a result of his airbag failing to deploy.
'I’m fine, just sore all over,' he told photographers when asked how his recovery was going. 'The airbag did not deploy, so I just did a face plant right into the steering wheel and it just made me a little dumber.'
The vivacious performer then showed off his busted lip, before musing: 'I’m 97, all my friends are dead.'
Ouch! Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke revealed he is 'sore all over' after 'faceplanting into his steering wheel' and sustaining moderate injuries from crashing his Lexus LS 500 into a gate in Malibu last week
In high spirits: On his first public sighting since the scary collision, which left him with a painful lip laceration and two stitches, the 97-year-old actor appeared chipper as he received a ride around town from his wife Arlene Silver, 51 in an exclusive DailyMail.com video captured on Friday
Scary: After getting out of the passenger's seat, the Mary Poppins star detailed how he face-planted straight into his steering wheel as a result of his airbag failing to deploy
He also credited his spouse for taking great care of him, and stated 'without her' he would 'probably be dead'.
The makeup artist, who tied the knot with the four-time Emmy winner in 2012 six years after they meeting at the SAG Awards, wore a red and black striped blouse under a quilted vest, tan UGG boots and an turquoise purse.
Meanwhile, her husband wore a navy and white long sleeve, camouflage trousers and black sneakers.
The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang alum reportedly skidded in the rain and lost control of his vehicle.
Van Dyke was treated at the scene by paramedics as he was suffering from a bloody nose and mouth as well as a possible concussion. He was not sent to hospital and was picked up by a friend and driven home.
Sources told TMZ that drugs and alcohol were not involved in the crash, but police officers have requested a driving retest for Van Dyke due to his age.
The crash came ten years after Van Dyke was pulled from his Jaguar after it caught fire on the 101 freeway in Calabasas are of LA, on August 19, 2013.
A man named Jason Pennington saved the day after spotting the car full of smoke on the side of the road.
Mr Pennington told TMZ at the time that he saw an elderly man hunched over the wheel of the vehicle and rushed to the scene.
He pulled up and saw the actor struggling inside after running over to the smoking car.
Van Dyke did not require medical attention after the incident, although he was apparently slightly disoriented.
Wednesday's crash came just weeks after the actor credited his wife, 51-year-old make-up artist Arlene Silver, as the key to
