KISS rock star Gene Simmons fainted while driving an SUV and crashed earlier this week, officials said.

Simmons, a co-founder and bassist for the legendary New York group, was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu around 1 p.m. Tuesday when he passed out, crossed several lanes of traffic and crashed his Lincoln Navigator into a parked car, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said.

He was evaluated at a hospital before being released.

Wife Shannon Tweed told NBC4 that Simmons r ecently changed medications for an undisclosed condition and he was dehydrated because he wasn’t drinking enough water leading to his blackout.

The 76-year-old thanked his fans in a social media post Wednesday.

“Thanks, everybody, for the kind wishes,” he wrote. “I’m completely fine. I had a sl

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