Singer Sean Kingston has been transferred from the trauma unit to the intensive care unit at a Miami hospital where he is in a ‘stable’ condition after crashing his jet-ski into a Miami Beach bridge.
The 21-year-old has been stabilised and moved to the intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, his publicist has said.
The Beautiful Girls singer was on the jet-ski with a female passenger as his watercraft hit Palm Island Bridge.
Both were injured after the crash.
Jonathan Rivera, who by chance was a member of the Coast Guard, and friend Jimmy Vega were in a boat nearby and jumped into the water to help save the pair.
Kingston was ‘extremely dazed’ and ‘convulsing and throwing up blood’, according to his rescuers.
Rivera told TMZ they were called over to the scene by a man and a woman on another jet-ski, who were struggling to keep Kingston’s head above water as his life jacket had come off in the crash.
Officials are investigating the cause of the crash, although alcohol as an influence seems to have been ruled out.
‘Nothing at this point would indicate that alcohol played a role,’ said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino.
A number of celebrities including Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Justin Bieber have posted a message of support for Kingston on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Bieber, who collaborated on the song Eenie Meenie with Kingston, and toured with him last year tweeted: ‘Got my friend Sean Kingston in my prayers tonight. A true friend and big bro. Please keep him in your prayers tonight as well.’
Rihanna wrote ‘Sean we praying for u baby.’
Kingston’s publicist said that his family is grateful for everyone’s prayers and support.
The Jamaican/American singer rose to fame with Beautiful Girls in 2007, and has since scored hits like Take You There, Fire Burning and Letting Go (Dutty Love) with Nicki Minaj.
