Minnie Driver Says She’s ‘Grateful to Be Alive’ After Serious Car Crash in France*

Minnie Driver said she is "grateful to be alive" after surviving a serious car crash in France.

The 56-year-old actress disclosed the accident in an Instagram post on Thursday, Aug. 6, sharing a video from her London home in which she appeared in bed wearing a neck brace.

"Hi, guys. Paris update is that I'm actually back in London," Driver said. "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."

According to Driver's account, the collision occurred on a country road in France after another vehicle failed to stop at an intersection.

"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."

Driver said she sustained a sprained neck and was continuing to experience the emotional effects of the crash.

"I'm fine, I've got a sprained neck and I'm really in shock and sort of cry all the time, but I'm going to heal," she said.

The "Good Will Hunting" actress credited the safety features of the Kia EV2 in which she and her friend were traveling with helping them survive the collision.

"The reason that I'm not dead, honestly, is the car that we were driving," Driver said, praising what she described as the vehicle's "360-degree airbags."

She emphasized that her comments were not part of an advertisement before making a joke about her surname.

"I want to celebrate that car. I'm Minnie Driver, pun intended," she said. "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."

Driver's Instagram post also included photographs showing the damaged vehicle and what appeared to be a hospital visit.

In the accompanying caption, she thanked a passing driver who stopped to assist Driver and her friend before emergency responders arrived. She also described the difficulty of processing the accident.

"My brain keeps replaying the crash which is very hard but seems to be a necessary part of processing," she wrote. "Weeping too, feels good and helpful. Thank you to my friends, my family, all the people at work and especially my friend Ben and his family. I love you."

Driver did not disclose the exact date or location of the collision. No publicly available police report has been identified, meaning the circumstances described in the article are based on her personal account.

She also did not say whether the accident would affect any upcoming professional commitments.

Originally published on Enstarz