The award-winning author of Fight Club was parked in a driveway next to a highway in Washougal when the driver of a semi-trailer truck lost control and smashed into Palahniuk's car.

The novelist told police his neck was sore but he was not taken to a hospital, according to the Associated Press.

The truck driver was not injured and received a speeding citation.

Palahniuk's most famous book Fight Club was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.