In the past week, Alexandra faced a devastating and life-threatening situation. While she is still here, the impact on her and her family has been significant. She shared her experience in her own words, and I believe it’s important to let her tell her story below.
Word from Alexandra:
“On 3/31/26, I was in a really horrific car accident. I was the sole occupant, and I am so grateful for that.
Some of you already know, but many of you do not. I’ll spare you all photos, but if saw them, you would be surprised to know that I’m here making this post.
I was driving on a curvy country road, and an animal ran in front of my car on an upcoming curve. As I swerved, I hit the gravel and ultimately overcorrected, losing control. I went into the grassy ditch area, became airborne over a gravel drive, and I unfortunately don’t remember anything beyond that. However, based on the accident scene, I hit a power line pole and rolled my vehicle. The power line ignited a fire in the brush nearby. With the power lines live, intervention wasn’t possible before the fire spread to my car and caught it on fire. It caught on fire about 30-60 minutes after I left the vehicle. I was able to crawl from the passenger window almost immediately and walk away from the scene, relatively untouched considering the circumstances. I am scraped up and bruised up, but I am alive.
Before you read on any further, we ask that if brought up in person and the kids are around, please be very vague as we have elected to not share details with the kids aside from that I was in an accident and my car got squished. They understand that we lost a lot of belongings, which they are understandably upset over, but we are trying to keep things as normal as we can for them right now.
I lost many of our belongings in the car, but it is just stuff. The kids lost some stuff that they valued, but it is just stuff. It’s all just stuff and replaceable with time, but my life is not.
Financially, it is a hard pill to swallow. We still owe about $18k on the loan & the value of my will be at max $7-8k, leaving us with a $10k difference that will still be owed on a vehicle that no longer exists. We lost our gap insurance when we refinanced through our bank. The stuff in our car was worth probably about $2k… including car seats, my laptop, phone, and other valuables.
To save the hassle of answering… Mentally and emotionally, I am not okay. I am dealing with some pretty significant anxiety, stress, and overall sadness. Physically, I am healing. I am emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted. If I need anything aside from financial relief, it’s emotional support.
I am not one to ask for help, and I really struggle with asking for and admitting that I need help. To add to it, staying strong in front of the kids is difficult during these emotional waves, and it happens so unpredictably.
To be honest, I am having a very hard time. Unfortunately, some other personal happenings that I don’t wish to share on Facebook have also been going on, and I am just tapped out.
At the end of the day, I don’t want to dismiss how incredibly lucky I am. My life is intact. My kids weren’t with me. Shawn wasn’t with me.
If you made it this far, I want to make a friendly PSA that if you have an iPhone, use the emergency contact feature and SOS notification on your iPhone. My phone immediately send a dropped pin to my mom and to Shawn, informed them I was in a crash, and contacted EMS. For that, I owe my life.
Thank you to the village behind us that has offered support and meals, for the offers to help financially, for checking in, for just being here. My tag list would be too long to mention every single person, but we are SO grateful.
All our love, xoxo”
We are starting this GoFundMe to come alongside Alexandra and her family during an incredibly overwhelming time. The funds raised will help with medical bills, their car loan, lost income during her recovery, and any unexpected expenses that come up along the way.
She is incredibly lucky to be here today. If you’re able, please consider donating or sharing to help support her and her family through this.
Alexandra has Venmo (@alexandratully) and Zelle(connected to her phone number, I can give that if needed) as well if you’re more comfortable giving that way.
There is also an Amazon wishlist for everything she lost in her car because of the accident to help replace those items.
Organizer and beneficiary
Alexandra Hedlin
Beneficiary