Brittny Gastineau may be rich and beautiful, but on May 14, the LA socialite and model truly had reason to count her blessings, IN TOUCH WEEKLY reports.

BRITTNY GASTINEAU’S CAR CRASH

At 12:45 p.m., Brittny, 25, was exiting a Rite Aid parking lot on Fairfax and Sunset in West Hollywood when a male driver suddenly plowed into her car. Courtenay Semel, Yahoo! heiress, witnessed the accident and immediately dialed 911. “Her face was full of blood and I could tell her nose was broken,” Courtenay, 28, tells In Touch. “I’ve never been so scared in my life.” As an unconscious Brittny was placed onto a stretcher, her fearful friend fainted. “The doctor put me on a gurney across from her!” Courtenay says. After several hours in LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Gastineau Girl was released and is now home resting with a broken nose, but not a broken spirit. “I’m just happy to be alive,” Brittny says. “I had my angel, my grandma, on my shoulder.”

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