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Billy Joel Released From Hospital
A hospital spokesman confirmed that the singer was released Sunday morning but would not comment on Joel’s injuries.
The 53-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer had swerved into the tree as he was driving his Mercedes-Benz in Sag Harbor late Saturday, Sag Harbor Village Police Chief Thomas Fabiano said.
No charges were filed, police Officer Hugh Caulfield said Sunday. Joel wasn’t given a Breathalyzer test, which measures blood alcohol levels, he said.
Joel was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where a hospital spokesman said he arrived around midnight and was released around 7:30 a.m.
Last summer, he voluntarily checked into a substance abuse and psychiatric center at New Canaan, Connecticut, reportedly after becoming “very depressed” when a respiratory infection forced him to cut short a tour with fellow piano player Elton John.
He told People magazine in July that he had begun “what I ultimately realized was a prolonged period of overindulgence. I don’t want to get any more specific.”