Ryan Reynolds Hit by Car in Vancouver The actor was in town to film Deadpool By Maria Mercedes Lara Maria Mercedes Lara Instagram Twitter Maria Mercedes Lara is the Digital Content Operations Director for PEOPLE. She has worked at PEOPLE since 2015. People Editorial Guidelines Published on April 12, 2015 11:55 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Ryan Reynolds was the victim of a hit-and-run in Vancouver on Sunday. The actor’s publicist told PEOPLE that he was struck by a paparazzo who was driving a car through an underground parking garage. “The [driver] fled the scene,” publicist Leslie Sloane said. “Ryan is okay.” The 38-year-old actor, who hails from Vancouver, was in town to film Deadpool. His wife, Blake Lively, was in Los Angeles over the weekend to do press for her latest film, The Age of Adaline. Reynolds joked about his accident on Twitter on Sunday night when a reporter from the CBC Tweeted at him asking how he was doing after being hit by the car and sending out his phone number. “Put Beachcombers back on the air and I’ll call,” Reynolds wrote, referencing the popular Canadian series that ran on CBC from 1972 to 1990. See Ryan Reynolds’s Changing Looks!