Conrad Hilton was injured in a car crash near Palm Springs, California, on August 23, TMZ reported.

California Highway Patrol officers told The Desert Sun that the 19-year-old younger brother of socialites Paris and Nicky Hilton was driving his BMW on Interstate 10 just before 12:30 p.m. when he attempted to change lanes and clipped the back of a Volkswagen Beetle. From there, Conrad Hilton apparently hit a tractor trailer before “coming to a stop on the side of the road”, the paper reports.

Conrad Hilton is the younger brother of socialites Paris and Nicky Hilton (photo Getty Images)

According to The Desert Sun, investigators have determined that drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the accident. Officer Stephanie Hamilton said, however, that Conrad Hilton had been speeding, and that “several motorists called him in for reckless driving”.

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