Tori Spelling Speaks Out After Car Crash with Her Kids: 'Guardian Angels Were with Us That Day' Because 'It Could Have Been So Much Worse'
Tori Spelling Speaks Out After Car Crash with Her Kids: 'Guardian Angels Were with Us That Day' Because 'It Could Have Been So Much Worse'
Charna FlamWed, April 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM UTC
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Tori Spelling and her children in 2024Credit: Tori Spelling/Instagram -
Tori Spelling, four of her children and three of their friends were hospitalized with minor injuries after a car accident in Temecula, Calif. on Thursday, April 2
Spelling broke her silence about the accident in an Instagram video on Tuesday, April 7
In the video, she thanked the first responders and "guardian angels" for protecting her family
Tori Spelling shared a public statement of gratitude for the first responders who helped her, four of her children, and three of their friends after a car accident on Thursday, April 2.
The group of eight was involved in a car accident in Temecula, Calif., 80 miles outside of Los Angeles. Days later, on Tuesday, April 7, Spelling, 52, issued a video statement on Instagram detailing what occurred and how her family is faring since then. Spelling is mom to five kids with ex Dean McDermott: Liam, 19, Stella, 17, Hattie, 14, Finn, 13, and Beau, 9.
"We are so grateful and so lucky, because it could have been so much worse," Spelling said. "I'm just really grateful that in a split second, guardian angels were definitely with us that day."
She explained the crash occurred after another driver, who was "speeding, going crazy, crazy fast," allegedly drove through a red light and collided and "spun" their vehicle out.
"In a split second, I looked to my right and I saw he was coming full on, full impact into the side of our car," Spelling recalled. "I turned hard left, as hard as I could, as fast as I could, to avoid as much impact on the children as possible."
Tori Spelling in April 7, 2026 InstagramCredit: Tori Spelling/Instagram
As Spelling continued, she thanked all the Inland Valley and Wildomar first responders who provided "great care" to Spelling and all the kids. "I'm grateful to everyone who has reached out and repeatedly checked on us and offered to do whatever we needed to get us through this and all the blessings everyone has sent," she said.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum concluded by admitting she's "still putting [her] thoughts together about everything that happened," but she has "so much gratitude for life and the bravery of all of the kids in the car with what they went through."
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PEOPLE reported the crash over the weekend after the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that deputies were dispatched to the scene of the crash around 5:45 p.m., where they discovered two cars with collision damage. A rep for Spelling also confirmed the incident to PEOPLE on Saturday, April 4.
The car’s occupants were evaluated at the scene and no arrests were made.
Spelling and all seven kids were transported to the hospital in three separate ambulances. There, they were treated for cuts, bruises, contusions and concussions, TMZ previously reported.
Tori Spelling and her childrenCredit: Tori Spelling/Instagram
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On Monday, April 6, a source told PEOPLE that the "scary" crash "happened very quickly."
"Everyone's still pretty shook up and have minor injuries," the source said. "Tori feels they were all very lucky that it wasn't worse, though."
The source added that the family also felt fortunate that "they were all able to spend Easter together" on Sunday.
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Source: “AOL Entertainment”
