Trigger Warning: This article contains references Near death experience and accidents. Reader consideration is advised.Actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears And her family has been through a lot in the past few years. In 2017, the star’s daughter was involved in a major ATV accident that left her on the verge of death. In a recent interview, Spears and her daughter looked back on the horrific event that almost changed their lives for good.
Jamie Lynn Spears talks about the miracle she witnessed after her daughter’s accident
When the mother-daughter duo spoke to PEOPLE, years after the incident nearly took young Maddie’s life, they touched on the sensitive subject. She detailed what happened when her daughter was just 8 years old and fell into a pond with her ATV.He also shared that while his daughter was in a coma, they called a priest to perform the last rites, which in the Catholic faith are done for someone near death. He elaborated, “He comes in, and he’s physically sitting on all his restraints and tubes, I’m yelling for the doctors, ‘Come here now!’ I’ve never seen anything like what’s happening.”Calling what happened a “miracle,” she shared that “I knew he was there and felt that we were all praying. We were given a miracle, and I don’t take it for granted.” Moreover, the family welcomed another family member as a result of the incident.Maddie had previously asked for a younger sibling, and when she woke up from her coma, the first thing she asked her mother about was a sibling. “We always say she went to heaven to get her little sister,” Spears commented. Ivey, Spears’ youngest daughter who is now 8, was born in 2018.
Jamie Lynn Spears opens up about her daughter’s ATV accident
Maddie Watson was 8 years old when she accidentally drove her ATV into a pond and nearly died. (Credit: Instagram)
The actress revealed that Maddie, who was just 8 years old at the time, was riding the ATV around their home in LA. Taking a sharp turn proved fatal for Maddy, who went into a nearby pond. Spears further elaborated that everyone came running for him, but because he was stuck under the ATV, they couldn’t get him out. Authorities were eventually able to pull Maddie out of the water; However, the danger was far away.He added, “We thought he had passed.” Eventually, a firefighter found a pulse, and he was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Maddy was in a coma for about two days after that. Years after the incident, Maddy is now fully recovered and often goes to various entertainment events with her mother.
