Brandy Says.... FATAL Car Crash CHANGED My Life FOREVER !!!

by **J The Kidd** Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:25 pm

It was nearly two years ago that Brandy was involved in a horrific car accident that claimed the life of another driver.

Now, for the first time, Brandy is opening up about that tragic day.

“It was a situation that changed my life forever,” Brandy told us. “I will never be the same.”

On December 30, 2006, Brandy was driving her Land Rover on Los Angeles’
busy 405 freeway, when her vehicle slammed into the back of a 2005
Toyota, causing the Toyota to strike another vehicle before sliding
sideways and impacting the center divider. As the Toyota came to a
stop, it was hit by another vehicle.

“It was pretty bad,” Brandy recalled. “There were parts flying and there was a bunch of smoke.”

The accident claimed the life of 38-year-old Awatef Aboudihaj – the driver of the Toyota. The singer was uninjured.

Following the accident, Brandy was cast into what she called an “unfair” media glare.

“Well, I just feel like a lot of people jumped on it because it was
something to talk about,” Brandy told Quddus. “And instead of just
waiting to see what really happened, they kind of make their own story
about it and started pointing the finger and blaming.”

Although Brandy was not charged with vehicular manslaughter, due to
“insufficient evidence,” she still faces a $50 million wrongful death
lawsuit filed by Aboudihaj’s family. The lawsuit is set to go trial in
April.

But for now, Brandy is getting back to her music with “Human,” out in
stores on December 9, which she called her most personal release yet.

“One of the reasons why this album is titled ‘Human’ is because people
forget that when you are seen everywhere, they forget that you are a
human being at the end of the day,” Brandy added. “I just sing. And you
may be familiar with my face, but at the end of the day, if you cut me,
I’ll bleed.”[/font]