Ben Cousins reportedly in minor car crash

UPDATE: FORMER AFL star Ben Cousins is in hospital after crashing his car into a truck, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

FORMER AFL star Ben Cousins is in hospital after crashing his car into a truck, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Late today, Cousins remained in a Perth hospital under police guard after being injured in a car crash hours.

It came hours a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Police and ambulance say a man received minor injuries in a crash at High Wycomb around 1.20am today, but would not confirm Cousins was involved.

Yesterday, a warrant was issued for the 38-year-old’s arrest after he failed to appear in a Perth court on drug and breaking AVO charges, reported PerthNow.

Cousins was due to appear before the Armadale Magistrate’s Court charged with two counts of breaching a court order and possessing methamphetamine.

The damaged truck following the crash involving Ben Cousins. Picture: Seven News

Former West Coast Eagles AFL player Ben Cousins has struggled with drug addiction for the past 10 years. Picture: Richard Wainwright

The Brownlow Medallist and premiership player, who has struggled with drug addiction for the past decade, was arrested outside a house in Canning Vale last month.

It is understood the charges involve Cousin’s former partner Maylea Tinecheff, with whom he has two children, aged three and five.

The court was told Cousins contacted his lawyer Michael Tudori about 9.30am and told him he could not attend court because he was sick.

But Magistrate Geoff Lawrence said there was nothing to confirm Cousins was sick because he had not supplied a medical certificate to the court.

At his first court appearance last month, Cousins was granted bail on the condition he was to stay away from his former partner’s address.

The Brownlow medallist and former Eagles captain’s drug problems became prominent when he was stripped of the captaincy after fleeing a booze bus in Perth, swimming across the Swan River to evade police in 2006.

He was suspended by the club in early 2007 and spent time in a US rehab facility, but later that year was infamously arrested for drug possession while topless and revealing a “such is life” tattoo.

He was subsequently suspended from the AFL for a year.

He made a comeback with Richmond before retiring in 2010.

Since then, his troubles have continued in the public eye, most recently in June when he was reportedly treated in hospital after standing in the middle of Canning Highway in Como directing traffic.

Originally published as Ben Cousins reportedly in minor car crash