Dance Academy star Dena Amy Kaplan has revealed she survived a terrifying car crash that saw her car flip and fall down an embankment.
The 36-year-old, who was born in South Africa but lives in Australia, recalled the incident on her Life Academy podcast.
She said she was driving home at night from a retreat when she lost control of her car while on a bend doing a turn, but insisted she wasn’t speeding.
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“I was in a huge car accident. I am miraculously fine,” she said.
“I was going at the speed limit, wasn’t looking at my phone… was driving responsibly… at 60km… I lost control of the wheel and started to skid across the other side of the road and it was really dark, there was no lights,” she explained.
“Then I think I pressed brake…. and next thing I knew, the car was just tumbling down the embankment, down a hill. I was fully conscious for all of it.
“[The car was] flipping, it did three rolls.”
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She said she felt like she was in “slow motion” during the crash.
“Time just slowed down and I was just rolling in the car. It was weird. I could hear how violent it was, but because of the airbags and the cushioning in the car it wasn’t painful,” she said.
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“This voice in my head was like, and I think this was probably thanks to dancing, ‘Surrender, let your body go with the movement of the car.’
“So I let go of the wheel. I felt a huge sense of surrender.”
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She said afterwards, a dog appeared on her car bonnet and there was a flashlight and someone helped her.
Kaplan is known for her role as Abigail Armstrong in the Australian teen drama series Dance Academy.
She has since appeared n the movie spin-off, as well as films including Honey 3: Dare to Dance and Occupation.
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