Michael Buble’s sister-in-law in horror crash after car flips on its roof in Argentina
MICHAEL Buble’s sister-in-law has been injured in a horror crash after her car was flipped on its roof in Argentina.
Nutritionist Daniela Lopilato was rushed to hospital after the car she was driving flipped and ended up on its roof when another vehicle hit hers from behind.
The mum-of-two had to be freed by firefighters after suffering neck and spinal injuries in the accident in a suburb of Buenos Aires called Martinez.
Dramatic pictures from the scene of the smash showed the 43-year-old’s overturned car by a lamp-post in front of a house in a residential street with its wheels pointing towards the sky.
Daniela has told Argentinian journalists in WhatsApp she feels “God gave her a second opportunity”.
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The pretty blonde, whose actress younger sister Luisana is just days away from having her fourth child with Canadian-born Buble, has not yet spoken publicly about her scare around lunchtime local time on Wednesday.
But Argentinian journalist Pia Shaw, speaking on a TV programme which broadcast images from the crash scene overnight, said: “The images you’re seeing now are terrible and the protagonist is Daniela Lopilato.
“She was admitted to Los Arcos Hospital in Buenos Aires but is back at home now.
“The car you see on its roof is Daniela’s.
“This happened in the Martinez area. Another driver hit Daniela’s car from behind. It was a pretty violent collision.
“She hurt her neck and back and couldn’t get out of the car and was really scared. Firefighters were mobilised to assist her.”
She added: “The other driver stopped and handed over all their details. I spoke with Daniela a short while ago after she was allowed to leave hospital and she told me she was just waking up to the fact God had given her a second opportunity.
“She feels she’s alive thanks to God. She’s okay but she’s been through a traumatic experience and she’s still shaken up about it.”
Luisana confirmed in February she was expecting her fourth child with Michael Buble.
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She is already mum to Noah, nine, Elias, six, and Vida, four.
The actress confirmed recently the new arrival will be a girl but has yet to reveal the name they have chosen.
Their eldest child was diagnosed with liver cancer when he was just three but beat it with treatment in Los Angeles.