Love Island’s Laura Anderson has thanked a saint for saving her boyfriends life after he was involved in a horror car crash.
Hollyoaks star Gary, 41, was rushed to hospital on Boxing Day after the incident, which saw the whole front of his vehicle smashed.
Laura, 33, took to her Instagram to share a snap of a saint card which Gary had been given by his gran.
‘Thank you for saving my love’: Love Island’s Laura Anderson has thanked a saint for saving her boyfriend Gary Lucy’s life after he was involved in a horror car crash
Awful: The details of the accident remain unknown, the front of Gary’s Range Rover had come clean off in the crash while the windscreen was cracked, leaving the vehicle totalled
Alongside the picture, she wrote: ‘We’re not religious but thank you St Joseph for saving my love.
‘Gary’s gran gave him this, it had words about safety and protection on the other side. I pulled it out of his bag yesterday morning just before his accident.’
She went on to ask her followers: ‘Do you keep anything sentimental with you for protection?’
The Hollyoaks and Celebs Go Dating star suffered no serious injuries, but left the hospital with an injured knee and on crutches.
Thankful: She took to her Instagram to share a snap of a saint card which Gary had been given by his gran
Rushing to his aid was his new girlfriend, former Love Island contestant Laura Anderson, who shared an insight into the incident with her 1.4M Instagram followers.
Gary also admitted he was lucky to walk away from the smash, telling followers: ‘Someone was watching over me’.
While the details of the accident remain unkown, the front of Gary’s Range Rover had come clean off in the crash while the windscreen was cracked, leaving the vehicle completely totalled.
Sharing a picture of his damaged car, the Hollyoaks star penned: ‘Someone was watching over me today’ before dubbing himself ‘Gary 9 lives’.
‘Someone was watching over me’: Hollyoaks star Gary was rushed to hospital on Monday after getting injured in a horiffic Boxing Day car crash
Lucky: Sharing a picture of his damaged car, the Hollyoaks star penned: ‘Someone was watching over me today’ before dubbing himself ‘Gary 9 lives’
The accident happened at around 10AM in the morning, with the actor in hospital by 11AM with an extremely swollen knee.
Thankfully ending up without serious injury, he was discharged later in the evening with a brace over his knee and two crutches to aid walking.
Gary’s girlfriend Laura, who he met during their recent stint on Celebs Go Dating, was on hand to look after him.
The former Love Island contestant shared a video as they left the hospital, filming her boyfriend as he walked on crutches after being treated with morphine to help with his pain.
‘Happy Boxing Day. We’ve had a lovely time, how are you feeling on your morphine?’ she questioned, before Gary replied: ‘Pretty f***ing good to be fair.’
All OK: Thankfully ending up without serious injury, he was discharged from hospital later in the evening with a brace over his knee and two crutches to aid walking
Supportive: Gary’s girlfriend Laura Anderson, who he met during their recent stint on Celebs Go Dating, was on hand to look after him
A giggling Laura asked to see his knee, before apologetically planting a kiss on his cheek and saying: ‘It’s not funny sorry, love you.’
Gary ended the evening with some rest as he relaxed on the couch with Laura’s dog Buddy, enjoying some TV.
The beauty then shared a collage of snaps to document the timeline of the traumatic Boxing day, beginning with their happy Christmas day before going downhill to hospital, ending with Gary asleep on the couch.
‘The exciting life of the Luce. Always keeping me on my toes,’ wrote Laura while sharing the collage to her Stories.
From good to bad: Laura shared a collage of snaps to document the timeline of the traumatic Boxing day, beginning with their happy Christmas day before going downhill to hospital
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