TMZ NEWS - Mac Miller First Image From DUI Accident

Mac Miller's G-Wagon almost knocked a utility pole over, and based on these images from the accident scene . .. he and his 2 passengers are lucky to be alive.

A photog was on the scene around 1 AM Thursday in the San Fernando Valley . .. shortly after Mac ' s luxury SUV slammed into the pole . You can see the airbags had deployed .

As LAPD surveyed the damage, one of Mac ' s friends said he needed to retrieve clothing from the front seat .
TMZ broke the story .. . the rapper was later arrested for DUI and hit and run.

Although, his friend was still on the scene .. . Miller had fled and gone home . Police went to his home, and he admitted he was driving drunk.

Mac was mum about the circumstances surrounding the accident when we got him leaving jail Thursday morning.