Kelly Bensimon said she was “lucky” to be alive after a horror head-on crash sent the Uber carrying her and celebrity chef Andrew Molen spinning.<\/p>\n
Bensimon and Molen detailed the terrifying moments after an oncoming vehicle slammed into the Uber carrying them, describing a violent impact that left the former “Real Housewives of New York City”<\/a> star briefly unconscious and both hospitalized.<\/p>\n “I’m lucky to have walked away alive,” Bensimon told Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n “My right arm is a mess,” the real estate agent added. “My head went straight into the back of the seat. It was really bad. I was unconscious for a couple seconds. I was freaking out. I thought I broke my arm.”<\/p>\n Tom Cruise Saved Samantha Harris From Getting Crushed By A ‘500-Pound’ Motorcycle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kelly Bensimon said she was “lucky” to be alive after a head-on crash involving the Uber she was riding in left her briefly unconscious and hospitalized.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The reality star said the violent impact left her disoriented and in agony.<\/p>\n Read On The Fox News App<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I am totally out of it, I am in so much pain,” she said. “My head went back and banged [Andrew] on his chin. There were makeup marks on the airbag.”<\/p>\n While Bensimon focused on the injuries she suffered, Molen described the frightening chain of events that unfolded in the seconds leading up to the collision.<\/p>\n Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kelly Bensimon and celebrity chef Andrew Molen described the terrifying moments after an oncoming vehicle slammed into their Uber, sending the car spinning.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Molen recalled seeing the car coming at them and yelling, “brake, brake.”<\/p>\n “[The other car] came straight on,” Molen claimed. “You didn’t hear brakes screech. He came straight in at full blast. We got hit so hard. Kelly went flying. I hit the ceiling. Airbags went off. There was dust everywhere.”<\/p>\n “Kelly was out cold. She kept falling back,” he said, “The car spun.”<\/p>\n The crash didn’t just leave Molen shaken. He said it also sidelined him professionally, forcing him to cancel five events as he dealt with lingering pain from the collision.<\/p>\n “I am in a lot of pain,” he said. “They had to help us into ambulances.”<\/p>\n Andrew Molen recalled yelling “brake, brake” moments before the collision, claiming the oncoming vehicle struck their Uber “at full blast.”<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Like What You’re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kelly Bensimon’s violent crash came less than a year after she underwent surgery to remove ruptured breast implants and faced an anxious wait for cancer test results.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The crash came less than a year after Bensimon faced another frightening health scare<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 58-year-old underwent a three-hour surgery to remove<\/a> her breast implants after one ruptured. Doctors also tested her tissue for cancer, leaving her anxiously awaiting the results.<\/p>\n “It was a really, really difficult time,” Bensimon told In Touch<\/a>. “While you’re resting, you’re thinking, ‘Do I have something? Am I going to be OK?'”<\/p>\n Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>
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