Australian actress Alli Simpson has said she is “extremely lucky to be alive” after breaking her neck while diving into a shallow pool.
She told her Instagram followers she will need to wear a neck brace for the next four months while she recovers.
The model and singer, who is the sister of musician Cody Simpson, also posted a photo from hospital in Queensland.
She said her 2022 was “not off to a great start”, adding that she had also tested positive for Covid-19.
Simpson explained that she had dived “into a shallow pool head first and hit my head on the bottom”.
She underwent various scans and X-rays, and when serious fractures were discovered she was “sent straight to hospital in an ambulance to be assessed by a neurosurgeon”.
Simpson was treated at the Gold Coast University Hospital following the accident, which happened at the end of December.
“No immediate surgery was required and I have been sent home in a hard neck brace that I’ll be living in 24/7 for the next four months as my neck hopefully heals itself,” she wrote.
