“Succession” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” actor Alan Ruck was sued Thursday by a man who alleges Ruck caused a multicar accident in Hollywood that left the plaintiff severely injured on Halloween night.
Horacio Vela’s Los Angeles Superior Court negligence suit seeks unspecified damages. A Ruck representative could not be immediately reached for comment. However, after the crash, Ruck told TMZ, “I’m fine and thank God nobody was killed.”
Vela alleges that Ruck “abruptly and forcefully accelerated” his truck while stopped at a red light at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue about 9 p.m.
Ruck’s truck struck the rear bumper of Vela’s car, knocking him into another vehicle in the intersection, the suit states. Ruck’s truck then hit yet another vehicle before smashing into a nearby pizzeria, according to the suit.
Vela was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in an ambulance and his car was totaled, according to the suit.
Ruck’s insurance company, State Farm, has “ghosted us for weeks despite repeated calls and letters seeking to work out an amicable settlement,” according to a statement by Neama Rahmani, one of the plaintiff’s lawyers.
Ruck, 67, had his first film role in the 1983 drama film “Bad Boys,” in which he played Carl Brennan, Sean Penn’s friend in the movie. He portrayed the character Connor Roy on “Succession” and played Cameron Frye in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”