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"&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/gene-simmons/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gene Simmons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;' 18-year-old daughter was in a NASTY four-car pile-up Thursday afternoon -- and TMZ has learned she was taken to the hospital in an ambulance to get checked out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0513_sophie_simmons_exd_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/05/13/0513-sophie-simmons-exd-tmz.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources close to the family tell us -- &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/sophie-simmons/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sophie Simmons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was sitting in infamous L.A. traffic when the car behind her failed to stop and plowed into her ... causing her to smash into the car in front of her.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The accident caused a chain reaction that ended in a four-car wreck ... with Sophie right in the middle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Sophie was wearing her seat belt -- but the car's airbag didn't deploy -- and Sophie hit her head on the steering wheel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was taken to the hospital just to get checked out -- where she Tweeted a fun picture of her hospital bracelet and assured her fans that she was ok. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But her Dodge Charger wasn't as lucky ... we're told it's completely totaled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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