Monday, 2 June 2008

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Abbey Clancy: I'm lucky to be alive after car crash

WAG says her Mini spun out of control on the motorway

Abbey Clancy's Mini convertible spun out of control

Abbey Clancy says she’s lucky to be alive after being involved in a motorway smash earlier this year.

The WAG – who's dating Liverpool footballer Peter Crouch, 27 – says she spun out of control in her Mini convertible on the M56 in Cheshire.

The vehicle somersaulted after she swerved to avoid a bumper that had fallen off another car and was lying in the fast lane.

'My car spun, tipped over, knocked the barrier down and went into the lane for on-coming traffic,' she says.

‘I felt my life flashing before me. It was so quick but it felt like slow motion. I was just hanging onto the wheel.

'I must have had a million angels looking after me that day. If I hadn't had my seatbelt on I would have been dead.’

Abbey, 22, was taken to nearby Warrington Hospital but fortunately escaped unscathed.

‘Afterwards, I couldn't stand up,’ she tells the Daily Mirror. ‘I was shaking and crying.

'It really put life into perspective. I realised you should have fun, be happy and stop moaning.’