Flavor Flav escapes death after boulder hits his car while driving Flavor Flav almost lost his life when a boulder hit his car while he was driving. While Flav was driving from Vegas to LA, heavy rains caused a boulder to drop from a cliff that crashed into the right side of his car. Flav was able to regain control of the car after the boulder hit and pulled over to examine the damage. Flavor Flav said about the accident, “God is good. He “came very close to death but is super grateful to be alive.” Has something ever unexpectedly hit your car while you were driving?