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Towie star Yazmin Oukhellou reveals scars from horror car crash that killed her boyfriend

THE Only Way is Essex star Yazmin Oukhellou has revealed the painful-looking scars caused by the horror car crash that killed her boyfriend.

The reality star, 28, showed the marks on her arm that prove she's lucky to be alive.

Yazmin decided to leave Towie after a difficult year
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Yazmin decided to leave Towie after a difficult yearCredit: Instagram
Yazmin has been having treatment on the scars sustained in the horror crash
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Yazmin has been having treatment on the scars sustained in the horror crashCredit: Instagram
She and Jake were involved in a crash that tragically killed him last July
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She and Jake were involved in a crash that tragically killed him last July

Yaz has spent the past nine months being trolled for trying to get over trauma and suffering survivor’s guilt.

It's after her boyfriend Jake McLean was killed in the horrific car crash.

Yaz posted footage of her having treatment to try to improve the scar appearance.

Although her physical scars are healing, the mental recovery is a far more painstaking and harrowing process.

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In the days and weeks following the accident, Yazmin would torture herself over whether it might have been better if she’d died too.

Yaz had been in an on-and-off relationship for the past four years with Jake who was living in Dubai.

At the time of the accident, they were off, but she had flown to Turkey – where Jake was holidaying – for a long weekend when they hoped they could rekindle their relationship.

Before the horror crash, the pair had been out to dinner and to a club in Bodrum with a group of friends.

Afterwards, Yazmin nodded off in the car while Jake drove them to a friend’s villa, but awoke to the Mercedes saloon plunging down a rocky verge, having swerved off the road on a tight bend.

When it came to a halt – upside down and crushed – Yazmin’s right arm was trapped behind her back, stuck through the open sunroof. Jake was unconscious next to her and she could feel her arm was covered in blood.

She knew she would have to break it to escape - and was left with the scars shown in her latest post.

Yaz joined Towie in 2017 and dated James Lock in her early days on the series.

Speaking about her traumatic incident, Yaz told The Sun: “I tried to wake Jake up, but he wasn’t waking. I tried to beep the horn with my foot, but I couldn’t reach it.

"We were in the middle of nowhere and so screaming for help wasn’t any good.

"I knew I had to get out of the car and somehow I found the strength to free my arm by lifting it with my left hand, moving my right arm up and dropping it back down for what felt like forever until I snapped it free.”

The Sun revealed earlier this year that she's quit the show, following in the footsteps of co-star Pete Wicks.

Yazmin posted this photo of her with Jake as a tribute
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Yazmin posted this photo of her with Jake as a tribute
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