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Minnie Driver is counting her blessings after surviving a serious car crash in France.
On Thursday, the “Good Will Hunting” actress, 56, shared an emotional Instagram update with fans, revealing she is back home in London recovering from the frightening ordeal.
“Hi, guys. Paris update is that I’m actually back in London,” Driver said in the video, filmed while lying in bed wearing a neck brace. “I got into a really bad car accident a few days ago with my friend, Ben. And we somehow walked out of it. Well, we didn’t walk out of it; we crawled out of it. But we did get out of it alive.”
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Minnie Drive is “grateful to be alive” after surviving a serious car accident in France. (Minnie Driver/Instagram)
Driver said that the crash was not their fault, explaining that another driver failed to stop at an intersection on a country road in France.
“To be very clear, it was not our fault,” she said. “We were driving on a country road in the middle of France, and a car didn’t stop at an intersection and was going at speed. And we just T-boned it.”
The actress said she suffered a sprained neck and admitted she has been “sort of in shock and crying all the time.”
“But I’m going to heal,” she added. “And the reason I’m not dead, honestly, is the car that we were driving.”
Driver said she and her friend were traveling in a Kia EV2 and credited the vehicle’s safety features with saving their lives.
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Driver suffered a sprained neck from the car accident. (Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)
“The 360 airbags are what saved our lives,” she said, noting she had never experienced a serious crash before.
While insisting her message was “categorically not a car ad,” Driver said she felt compelled to praise the vehicle.
“I want to celebrate that car,” she said. “You know, I’m Minnie Driver, pun intended. I need to celebrate the car that saved us, because we’ve got families and people who love us, and I am so grateful to be alive.”
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She ended the video by thanking the automaker directly.
Celebrity friends sent Driver their well wishes in the comments of her Instagram video. (Getty Images)
“So, Kia, you are a baller car company,” Driver said. “You’re amazing, and thanks very much from me and my mate Ben.”
Friends and fellow celebrities quickly flooded the comments with messages of support.
“Glad you’re ok. That’s so scary. Sending love ❤️ and strength xx,” Naomi Watts wrote.
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“So glad you are okay. Sending healing vibes,” Chelsea Handler added.
