The Temecula collision that injured actress Tori Spelling’s four children and several of their friends “could’ve been so much worse” but for the fact “guardian angels” were watching over them, she said in a social media post widely circulated Wednesday.
“We’re OK, but it’s been really overwhelming,” Spelling said in the video. “We’re so grateful and so lucky because it could’ve been so much worse.”
The collision happened shortly before 6 p.m. last Thursday in the 28000 block of Rancho California Road, near Ridge Park Drive, on the western edge of the city.
“The driver that hit us was speeding. He was going way too fast,” Spelling said. “We believe he went through a (red) light, and I’m just grateful that, in that split second, guardian angels were definitely with us.”
The “Beverly Hills 90210” alum was at the wheel of an SUV that appeared to have sustained moderate damage, while the sedan that impacted it was turned into a mangled heap, according to published images.
“I looked to my right and saw that he was coming full-on. It was a full-on impact into the side of our car,” Spelling recalled. “I turned hard left, as hard as I could and as fast as I could to avoid the impact.”
The SUV was occupied by four of her kids and three of their friends, all minors. They were taken to Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar for treatment and have since been released. Spelling did not disclose the types of injuries the youths suffered.
“I thank all of the first responders at Inland Valley ER … (who) took such great care of the kids and myself,” she said.
The identity of the other driver and the extent of his injuries weren’t disclosed by sheriff’s officials. He was not arrested.
Spelling suggested she may initiate legal action against the driver. It was unclear where she was headed, or where she’d been that day.
“I’m still putting my thoughts together about everything that happened,” she said.
Spelling is the daughter of longtime television industry money man Aaron Spelling, who had a constellation of executive producer credits spanning decades before his 2006 death. Among them was the 1990s show featuring his daughter, “Beverly Hills 90210.”