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News came out yesterday that has shocked fans of the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black. It emerged that star Michelle Hurst was involved in a serious car accident late last year and has only recently woken from a 16-day coma.
Hurst, who plays Miss Claudette in the critically acclaimed prison series, was seriously injured in a car accident days before Christmas. Doctors placed her in a medical induced coma in order to “perform surgeries close to her spine”, reports Variety.
Though she was woken yesterday morning (January 18), doctors are keeping a close eye on her as she remains in ICU at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital in North Carolina.
In order to help cover the actress’ medical bills at this time, a fundraising drive has been started by those connected with the show, with Orange is the New Black author Piper Kerman and co-star Natasha Lyonne (Nicky Nichols) have both tweeted about the drive.
Michelle Hurst, aka "Miss Claudette", was injured in a very bad car accident. More info @ fundraising page: http://t.co/MrR5E2awxQ #OITNB
— Piper Kerman (@Piper) January 16, 2014
Please give what you can to help Michelle Hurst – the amazing actress who plays Ms. Claudette on OITNB. 💕💕💕💕 http://t.co/vRatvCJSxk
— natasha lyonne (@nlyonne) January 16, 2014
All monies raised from the effort will be handled by Hurst’s sister. Since the news broke in the past few hours, the drive has surged past its $5000 goal, with a total of $11,438 raised at the time of writing.
We at PopWrapped wish Michelle a speedy recovery.
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