Naomi Judd said her daughter, actress Ashley Judd, "could’ve died" following an accident last month that left the performer with a shattered leg. "It was very serious — she could've died," the "Ruby" actress, 75, told talk show host Kelly Clarkson on Thursday. "She's surviving.
She's very courageous. She can't get out of bed [yet]." Ashley Judd, 52, sustained critical injuries to her leg when she tripped over a fallen tree during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo in February where she was visiting endangered bonobo monkeys.
It took rescue crews some 55 hours to transport the "Double Jeopardy" actress across unforgiving terrain from the DRC to South Africa after Judd suffered internal bleeding as well as intense nerve damage.
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