Boney M star Liz Mitchell rushed to hospital after car crash-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro

Boney M was travelling to see her brother on Friday (Picture: Getty)

Boney M star Liz Mitchell was rushed to hospital after being involved in a car crash on Friday (July 14).

The 71-year-old singer was travelling on the A47 to Whitemoor Prison in March, Cambridgeshire, to visit her brother Khalid Rashad on Friday when she drove into her ditch.

The Rivers of Babylon hitmaker was treated for minor injuries and is now recovering at home, it has been reported.

‘Liz was shaken after the smash, but she, fortunately, escaped serious injury,’ a source told The Sun.

‘That section of A47 has a reputation for being dangerous and it could have been much worse.’

A spokesperson for local police confirmed a woman had to be ‘extracted’ from her car after driving into a ditch.

Boney M’s Liz Mitchell was involved in a crash while travelling on the A47 on Friday (Picture: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage)

It has been reported she received minor injuries and is now recovering at home (Picture: Christian Jakubaszek/Getty Images)

‘We were called to reports of a collision at 11.37am on 13 July on the A47 at Thorney Toll,’ Cambridgeshire Police said.

‘One vehicle was involved and was found to be in a ditch. The driver, female, was initially trapped in the vehicle but was extracted and a male passenger managed to get out.

‘Officers and paramedics attended the scene. No serious injuries were reported. The road was clear at about 1.20pm.’

The East of England Ambulance Service added: ‘One woman was taken to Peterborough City Hospital for further care.’

Liz recently blasted the ‘abusive relationship’ between Boney M and the music industry, suggesting the group were never taken seriously or given the recognition they deserved because of racist attitudes.

She told the Sunday Times newspaper: ‘The group was put together in Germany after I moved to Berlin to join the musical Hair in the early 1970s. None of us had any idea if it was going to work, but after Daddy Cool was a hit in 1976 we were more successful than Abba for a time.

The star sang for Boney M when they formed in 1976 (Picture: KPA/United Archives via Getty Images)

She recently hit out at how she was treated while part of the group (Picture: Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)

‘We sold so many records that I’ve been in the Guinness World Records book for over 40 years. Sadly the business never acknowledged us.

‘Maybe it wasn’t slavery, but it was an abusive relationship. Because we did not write the songs ourselves, we were dismissed as soon as our performance was over.’

She went on to say she felt like she was treated ‘as a nobody’ and revealed she believed being a Black person contributed to her treatment.

‘It was my voice that captured the ears of people all around the world, but I was treated as a nobody,’ she continued.

‘I thought it was a man thing; that the men wanted the power. Then it dawned on me: Liz, it’s because you are Black.’

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