Vallenato hero Diomedes Diaz in car crash

Vallenato hero Diomedez Diaz was taken to a hospital in the north of Colombia Tuesday after a car accident.

The car in which the iconic singer was transported reportedly crashed in a rural area just north of the city of Valledupar, Cesar.

According to newspaper El Tiempo, Diomedes’ driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree after an animal unexpectedly crossed the road.

The bad boy of the folkloric vallenato genre was hospitalized last year after contracting pneumonia.

The 55-year-old Diomedes is one of the most widely recognized vallenato singers in Colombia.

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