Actress and stuntwoman Carrie Bernans was critically injured throughout an alleged hit and run in New York Metropolis at 1:30 AM Monday.
Bernans, whose work consists of 2023’s The Coloration Purple in addition to Marvel’s Black Panther and Avengers Infinity Conflict/Finish Sport, was harm together with eight others. Per her publicist, she was struck by a driver who crashed into an outside eating shed at Chirp, a Peruvian restaurant in midtown Manhattan. That driver then backed up and rammed into one other automobile earlier than officers swarmed.
Bernans just lately gave delivery to a son, and by chance the new child toddler wasn’t together with her, however moderately in a resort together with her household. Bernans is in a secure situation and is at present having surgical procedure. Her mother posted particulars on the traumatic incident on Instagram, and Bernans is in tough form.
“She’s nonetheless in a lot ache and might’t reply calls at the moment…She’s in a lot ache however therapeutic. She was concerned in a traumatic incident in NYC the place a person, early 40s was attempting to flee a success and run and bumped into a number of automobiles earlier than hitting a meals stand that her good friend & her had been strolling close to. It ended up knocking her unconscious and pended her below the stand. She was below it unaware of what was taking place,” wrote Patricia Lee on IG.
“She has a couple of damaged bones, fractures, & chipped tooth however thanking God that she’s alive. 9 individuals had been injured in his tried escape from the hit & run, together with 3 cops. Police caught him shortly after and arrested him. Amidst the chaos of the New 12 months’s incident, she’s holding onto an immense sense of gratitude for all times itself.
“This setback hasn’t deterred her perception that one thing exceptional remains to be being crafted by God. Regardless of the accidents sustained within the collision brought on by a hit-and-run in NYC, she’s full of hope and religion within the unfolding of an exquisite new chapter. Please preserve her in your ideas and prayers as she navigate this path towards restoration and new beginnings” Lee thanked “all the primary responders, police, strangers, my good friend Katherine, household & mates who’s helped her.”
