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Dennis Rodman implicated in California hit-and-run accident

Former NBA player Dennis Rodman is a “person of interest” after a hit-and-run accident early Wednesday on the I-5 interstate in Santa Ana, Calif., according to the California Highway Patrol.

When officers arrived on the scene of the accident after midnight Tuesday, the driver of a black BMW sedan told them he recognized Rodman as the person driving the other vehicle involved in the crash.

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"Based on the driver's statement, we have to investigate," police spokesman Florentino Olivera said, per NBC affiliate in Los Angeles.