Dick Van Dyke suffers 'minor injuries' after getting into Malibu car accident

Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke suffered minor injuries after a car crash in Malibu, Calif., city police have confirmed.

On the morning of Wednesday, March 15, officers were called to the scene and found a silver Lexus crashed into the gate.

A Malibu Police spokesman confirmed in a call to CNN that his 97-year-old actor, who starred in classic children's films "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Mary Poppins," suffered "minor injuries."

A spokesperson said the fire department has also been notified of the incident, but more details are available about the actor who became the oldest contestant to perform at Fox's Masked Singer singing contest last month. could not.

After Van Dyke won a Tony Award for his role in the musical His Bye Bye His Birdie, from 1961 until 1966 he landed his show Dick His Van Dyke which aired on CBS . 

Mary Poppins began her film career in 1964 and returned to the big screen four years later as inventor Caractacus Potts in the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

In 2018, Van Dyke, who also won four Emmy Awards and her one Grammy Award, made a dancing cameo in Mary Poppins Her Returns.

Last year, he starred in a music video released by his wife Arlene Silver's band, Arlene & the Vantastics.