Actor Josh Hartnett was reportedly injured and sent to hospital after a collision with a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) police vehicle that caused “significant damage” in St. John’s last week.

The 47-year-old actor and star of Hollywood blockbusters like Pearl Harbour and Black Hawk Down was identified as a passenger in an SUV driven by a 59-year-old man that collided with an RNC patrol vehicle in the city’s east end shortly before 1 a.m. on Thursday, according to CBC sources.

The RNC said both the SUV occupants “were sent to hospital with what is believed to be minor injuries,” and the officer went “as a precaution.”

Susan Patricola, Hartnett’s publicist, told the National Post her client was checked over, released and is already “back to work.”

The crash is under investiga

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