Frankie Muniz \u2014 the \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d star turned NASCAR driver \u2014 is off the racetrack, for now at least. <\/p>\n
The actor is recovering from a broken wrist he suffered after falling from a ladder at his home, he wrote<\/a> on Instagram on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe phrase \u2018FML\u2019 (Frankie Muniz\u2019s Life) takes on new meaning with moments like these,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The accident came right before a NASCAR event at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., over Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n Muniz shared that the ladder mishap happened when he was trying to change batteries on a backyard security camera. While he joked about the situation, he said he\u2019s heartbroken to miss the competition.<\/p>\n However, Muniz\u2019s NASCAR career is far from over. He estimates he\u2019ll be back behind the wheel within a few months.<\/p>\n Muniz began his professional driving career in 2006, after the end of \u201cMalcolm in the Middle,\u201d a move that stemmed from his lifelong admiration for the sport.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time Muniz has found himself on the mend. In a previous interview, the 39-year-old told People<\/a> that he\u2019s simply \u201cinjury-prone,\u201d and broke 38 bones between 2006 and 2017.<\/p>\n Muniz was involved in a crash at a 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway in Arizona. According to reports<\/a> from a journalist at the track, Muniz was seen limping into an ambulance after a hard hit from behind, but escaped major injury.<\/p>\n Neither that nor his latest fall are as harrowing as his major crash in 2009.<\/p>\n During a race, the then-21-year-old\u2019s vehicle flipped and violently crashed into a wall. He described the crash as \u201cgnarly\u201d and said it resulted in him breaking his back, ankle, four ribs and a hand.<\/p>\n