Ashley Judd endured a nightmare ordeal after shattering her leg in the African jungle which she says nearly cost her her life.
The Heat and Olympus Has Fallen star said she was left in ‘primal pain’ after fracturing her leg in four places and sustaining nerve damage in a fall in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The 52-year-old actress said she spent five hours on the rainforest floor before having her leg readjusted and travelling for more than 50 hours over rough terrain.
In a series of pictures posted online, she revealed how she was carried in a makeshift stretcher, riding on the back of a motorbike with her leg in a splint and being comforted by her rescuers.
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