{"id":258611,"date":"2026-08-20T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/minnie-driver-is-suffering-from-trauma-following-horror-car-accident-in-france\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:00:13","slug":"minnie-driver-is-suffering-from-trauma-following-horror-car-accident-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/minnie-driver-is-suffering-from-trauma-following-horror-car-accident-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnie Driver is suffering from trauma following horror car accident in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-08-20\" datetime=\"1787238013\" pubdate=\"\">20 August 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/minnie-driver\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,minnie-driver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnie Driver<\/a> has been left &#8220;traumatised&#8221; following her involvement in a &#8220;really bad&#8221; car accident.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Minnie Driver was involved in a frightening car crash in France recently<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old actress revealed earlier this month that she had been hospitalised following an incident on a country road in France and admits that she has been struggling to cope since the &#8220;near-death experience&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a black-and-white Instagram clip from the French capital, Minnie said: &#8220;Paris update. It sucks being traumatised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like you look like you&#8217;re okay and you keep saying please and thank you and showing up but&#8230; You&#8217;re just not okay.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And now I&#8217;m in the club, this near-death experience club, and I really don&#8217;t like clubs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Good Will Hunting star, who was with her friend Ben Homewood when the collision occurred, explained that the crash had left her &#8220;more keenly connected to this profound sadness&#8221; and added that &#8220;trying to find meaning in the accidental is driving me absolutely nuts&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nMinnie explained that she feels lucky to be alive and asked her followers for advice on how to deal with trauma.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;I&#8217;m here and I&#8217;m very grateful, and I guess that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I did the EMDR, doing the osteopathy; I&#8217;m looking deep within my soul. Any other tips you might have, let me know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Riches actress explained that she has now returned to work and has praised her colleagues as the &#8220;kindest, most loving and supportive bunch of people I&#8217;ve ever worked with&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nDriver added in the caption: &#8220;Addison and Henry and Paloma are also the greatest, funniest nurses. Wish I could have as much patience with myself as I would for a friend, maybe that&#8217;s the lesson. Sending all of you who have so kindly reached out all, all my love and thanks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMinnie previously revealed that she had suffered a sprained neck and shock following the accident after the Kia EV2 that she was driving &#8220;T-boned&#8221; a vehicle &#8220;going at speed&#8221; that &#8220;didn&#8217;t stop at an intersection&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a video posted on Instagram, she said: &#8220;Hi, guys. Paris update is that I&#8217;m actually back in London. I&#8217;m sorry about the filter I put on this, but honestly, without it, I just looked appalling; even the dog wouldn&#8217;t look at me. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;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&#8217;t walk out of it. We crawled out of it. But we did get out of it alive. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;To be very clear, it was not our fault. We were driving on a country road in the middle of France, and a car didn&#8217;t stop at an intersection, and was going at speed, and we just T-boned it. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m fine. I&#8217;ve got a sprained neck, and I&#8217;m really in shock, and sort of cry all the time, but I&#8217;m gonna heal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/minnie-driver-suffering-trauma-following-horror-car-accident-france-1449374.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 August 2026 Minnie Driver has been left &#8220;traumatised&#8221; following her involvement in a &#8220;really bad&#8221; car accident. 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