{"id":508145,"date":"2026-04-02T02:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/508145\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:14:08","slug":"bobs-burgers-actor-eugene-mirman-rescued-from-fiery-car-crash-by-new-hampshire-governors-detail-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/508145\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob\u2019s Burgers actor Eugene Mirman rescued from fiery car crash by New Hampshire governor\u2019s detail | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bob\u2019s Burgers voice actor and comedian Eugene Mirman has suffered serious injuries after crashing his car into a toll plaza in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-hampshire\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Hampshire<\/a>, before he was pulled from the fiery wreckage by a state trooper assigned to protect the state\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The crash happened just before noon Tuesday when a northbound electric vehicle struck the Bedford toll plaza and caught fire, New Hampshire state police said. Republican governor Kelly Ayotte and her security detail came upon the crash soon after, and a trooper and two others pulled Mirman from the burning car through a window, said New Hampshire state police colonel, Mark Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cEugene was in a very scary car accident,\u201d Mirman\u2019s agent, Jay Glassner, confirmed in a statement Wednesday. \u201cHe wants to thank the bystanders, state police, first responders and hospital staff who saved him. He is grateful to be on the mend. At this time, we kindly ask for privacy for Eugene and his family as he focuses on recovering from his injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Hall called the actions of the rescuers \u201cheroic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWithout hesitation, they put themselves in danger to render aid to someone who was in need of it,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">State police identified the driver as Yevgeny Mirman, 51, of Massachusetts. Mirman, who was born in Moscow and grew up in Massachusetts, is known for voicing musical middle child Gene Belcher in more than 300 episodes of the animated comedy Bob\u2019s Burgers and its movie, in addition to roles on Flight of the Conchords, Delocated and Archer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ayotte said she and her husband were praying for the driver\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI want to thank the Trooper on my security detail and the bystanders who stepped up to help at the scene of the crash for their brave lifesaving efforts,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The crash remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob\u2019s Burgers voice actor and comedian Eugene Mirman has suffered serious injuries after crashing his car into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-508145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}