‘Everything was covered in blood’: Former Miss Universe contestant dies at 30 after sustaining brain injuries; elk crashed through car windshield

A 30-year-old model and a former Miss Universe contestant has died from injuries sustained weeks after an accident in which an elk crashed through the windshield of her Porsche, as per reports.

Kseniya Alexandrova sustained severe brain injuries in July as an elk crashed into her car while she was driving in Tver Oblast, Russia. She died in the hospital on August 12 from complications related to those injuries, People reported citing Russian media outlets.

Alexandrova and her husband were driving home from Rzhev on July 5 when the accident happened. She was in the passenger seat while her husband was behind the wheel when the animal suddenly leapt onto the road.

"From the moment it jumped out to the impact, a split second passed. I didn't have time to do anything," Alexandrova’s husband was quoted as saying by Rossiskaya Gazeta. He recalled that Alexandrova was unconscious following the collision, adding that, “everything was covered in blood.”

Other drivers reportedly stopped to assist with emergency services arriving within roughly 15 minutes, after which Alexandrova was rushed to the hospital, her husband said.

While her husband survived, Alexandrova ultimately succumbed to her injuries earlier this week. They had reportedly gotten married four months before the accident took place.

Alexandrova was the first runner-up in the 2017 Miss Russia competition and went on to represent the country at that year’s Miss Universe pageant. She studied finance and credit at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in 2016 before later pursuing a psychology degree at Moscow State Pedagogical University, reported US Weekly.

“Kseniya was bright [and] talented. She knew how to inspire, support and give warmth to everyone who was around. For us, she will forever remain a symbol of beauty, kindness and inner strength," Alexandrova’s modeling agency, Modus Vivendis said in a statement confirming her death.

“We sincerely mourn and express our deepest condolences to her family, friends and everyone who had the good fortune to know Kseniya,” the statement read which was translated from Russian.