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Urban, chased by photographer, crashes cycle

Keith Urban was involved in a motorcycle accident on Sunday after the country star was allegedly being chased by a paparazzo.
/ Source: Access Hollywood

Keith Urban was involved in a motorcycle accident on Sunday after the country star was allegedly being chased by a paparazzo.

In a statement released to Access Hollywood, Urban said he was headed to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on his motorcycle in Sydney when he found himself being pursued by a photographer.

“Today’s incident was the result of one person’s desire to do his job and my desire to maintain my privacy,” Urban said in a statement. “Some have already attempted to inflate the facts, but the reality is this ... while out riding to an AA meeting, a time when my privacy is especially important to me, I felt myself being pursued. I sped up, and in an effort to elude an oncoming car which was making an illegal U-turn, saw no choice but to drop my bike. In actual fact, my pursuer came to my assistance, without taking photos, and helped me from the road. I returned home, got my car, and continued on my way.”

Urban entered a rehab facility for alcohol treatment in October 2006. He completed the program in January 2007.

Urban married Nicole Kidman in June 2006.