Hayley Erbert and Derek Hough. Alberto Rodriguez/Shutterstock
On the mend. Derek Hough and fiancée Hayley Erbert are recovering after being injured in a automobile crash earlier this month.
“On December 12, Derek and I bought into a reasonably scary automobile accident within the mountains. Our accident concerned a steep hill, icy roads, a tree, and worst of all, the worry that we’d slide off the mountain,” the So You Suppose You Can Dance alum, 28, captioned a Friday, December 23, Instagram publish. “Given the circumstances, now we have a lot to be glad about. First, that there have been no different folks concerned. Second, the fast response from paramedics.”
Erbert — who has been linked to Hough, 37, since 2015 — famous that the twosome are “each OK.” She wrote: “I solely walked away a little bit banged up, a swollen face, and 4 stitches above my eyebrow. Now, greater than ever, we notice how fragile life is and the way necessary it’s to like these round you.”
The previous Dancing With the Stars troupe member shared footage from the accident, together with a hospital selfie after getting stitches in her brow. Hough, for his half, was terrified to see his fiancée in ache.
“The scariest half was that Hayley doesn’t keep in mind something,” the DWTS decide wrote through Instagram remark. “She was dazed afterwards, being cheerful saying we should always preserve going to dinner as blood ran down her face. That basically scared me. She got here to [sic] 20 minutes later when the firemen arrived.”
Shortly after Hough and Erbert shared the information of their accidents, their dancing colleagues shared prayers for a fast restoration.
“Omg! Thank God you’re each OK. Sending you like and a quick restoration. You’ll be capable to chew sweet very quickly 🤍,” Cheryl Burke replied on Friday.
Hayley Erbert Courtesy of Hayley Erbert/Instagram
Lindsay Arnold added: “Sooo glad you guys are okay! Can’t think about how scary that was 😢.”
As Hough and Erbert proceed to recuperate from the incident, they’re additionally gearing as much as have a good time their first Christmas as an engaged couple. The World of Dance mentor proposed to his longtime love in June.
“I simply love calling her my fiancée,” he completely instructed Us Weekly later that month. “I believe that phrase now feels proper to the best way I really feel and to my dedication to her and to our love and story and life collectively. … Hayley is The One. I do know she’s simply going to be an incredible mom and superb spouse and he or she’s so considerate, so caring, so loving.”
The Hairspray Reside! star continued on the time: “Simply seeing the best way she is with our animals, I imply if she’s even 1 / 4 of the best way she is with our animals how she is with our children I simply can’t wait to see her be a mother.”
