Kseniya Alexandrova, who represented Russia within the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, died final week after a automobile accident involving an elk. She was 30.
The late mannequin’s husband recalled the heartbreaking incident to Russian information outlet RIA Novosti.
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On July 5, the couple was driving on Russia’s sprawling M9 freeway from the city of Rzhev within the Tver Oblast area when their automobile collided with the animal, in keeping with a HuffPost translation. Alexandrova’s husband was behind the wheel, whereas Alexandrova sat within the passenger seat. Her husband famous that he was driving slowly as a result of the street they had been touring on was being repaired, and it was a “high road” with no barrier for the animals.
When their automobile hit the elk, the airbags didn’t deploy, and the animal smashed via the windshield and struck Alexandrova.
“An elk jumped out from somewhere, jumped out in front of the car,” he stated. “From the moment it jumped out until the impact, a split second passed. I did not have time to do anything. The elk flew into the car. [Alexandrova] got hit in the head. She was unconscious, her head was broken, everything was covered in blood.” He added that after the animal collided with Alexandrova, he might see a part of her mind.
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Alexandrova sustained extreme accidents to her mind and was in a coma till she ultimately succumbed to her accidents on Aug. 12.
“At first she was in a deep coma,” her husband recalled to the Russian outlet. “Then she went into a stupor. And then one day she completely regained consciousness. …She could not speak because she was on a ventilator, but she was absolutely conscious.”
He went on to say that regardless of the fleeting glimmer of hope, “one day she suddenly went back into a coma,” and her well being started to quickly deteriorate. “They were able to restart the heart once…but the next day Ksenya died. They were unable to restart the heart again,” he stated.
Alexandrova and her husband bought married in March, simply 4 months earlier than the accident.
In an April 2 Instagram put up about her marriage ceremony day, Alexandrova wrote that she remembered each second of the occasion that was full of a lot “love and joy.” She added that she couldn’t imagine her marriage ceremony might resonate a lot “inside” of her.
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One other Instagram put up on her account additionally reveals that she had accomplished a level in psychology in 2021, and was beginning to tackle sufferers.
Her husband instructed the Russian outlet that he hopes his spouse’s loss of life will assist stop different accidents, and talked about that individuals are “constantly dying from collisions” on the street they had been touring on once they hit the elk.
“I really hope that Ksenya’s death will not be in vain, and that somehow this barbarity will be stopped,” he stated.
