Reggae superstar Barrington Levy is lucky to be alive after he got sideswiped by a truck on Wednesday night while travelling in his Nissan van.

The accident occurred at about 7:30 p.m at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Weymouth Drive in the Corporate Area. The 1996 van was smashed during the accident, and rendered inoperable. Police officers had to get a tow truck to move it from the scene.

However, Levy emerged from the accident with only minor injuries including a throbbing pain in his shoulder.

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He explained how the accident happened."I was going through the stop light on green when a truck run the red light and slammed into the left side of the van, tear off the front bumper and everything. The van mash up terrible. Then the worse part is that the truck man never stop, him just drive gone bout him business. Is somebody tell me that truck always over Riverton, but I didn't get any licence plate or anything," he said. "I was out there at the intersection on Boulevard for a few hours before I got assistance from the police. Luckily I wasn't badly injured, right now, my shoulder is hurting me and I am going to the doctor later."

The Duhaney Park police are probing the incident.

Levy, 49, is known for songs such as the 1998 monster hit Living Dangerously, the 1990 hit Bad Boy alongside American rapper Shyne. In 2010 Grammy-winning group Black Eyed Peas sampled his song Here I Come (Broadway). Levy has racked up more than three million hits on YouTube with Here I Come (Broadway).