Ashley Judd reveals story behind leg injury; reveals it took '55 hours to reach hospital'

Actor Ashley Judd recently went live on Instagram with  New York Times' Nicholas Kristof where she revealed that she is hospitalised after suffering injuries in her leg during an excursion on Congo rainforest. actor tripped over a fallen tree in dark. She was speaking to Nicholas while sitting in a hospital bed. 

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Ashley Judd's leg injury 

In interview, she revealed that accidents happen and that she was walking with a speed and tripped over a fallen tree in dark. She added that she realised that her leg was broken after a while. She furr revealed that it took 55 hours for her to get to hospital from jungle and that she was lying re with broken leg for hours. She added that she was in pain and that she was 'howling like a wild animal' while biting on a stick to decrease pain sensation. 

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Ashley also revealed that she was finally taken to a hospital on a motorcycle which took her six hours. She added that she felt lucky to be in position and that she was taken care of. She furr revealed that Congolese people don't have ability to afford a pill that will take her pain away. 

Ashley Judd's accident took place in Congo, Africa which she was visiting a research camp studying an endangered species of apes called bobos. Earlier, she took to her Instagram to share a snap of ape and also wrote a te about it in caption. Check it out. 

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On Work Front 

Ashley Judd has spent over three decades in film industry. She has appeared in various films like Ruby in Paradise (1993), Heat (1995), rma Jean & Marilyn (1996), Dolphin Tale (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), Divergent (2014), Big Stone Gap (2014), Barry (2016) and A Dog's Way Home (2019) and many more. She also appeared in a television show titled Missing that got her a mination in category Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She is also quite active in global humanitarian efforts and political activism.

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