Yazmin Oukhellou (PA)
(Picture: PA Archive)Yazmin Oukhellou’s mum Lisa Oukhellou has reportedly rushed to her hospital bedside in Turkey after she suffered serious injuries in a horror car crash that left her friend dead.
The Only Way Is Essex star’s on/off boyfriend Jake McLean is believed to have been driving when their car careered off a cliff in the tourist resort of Bodrum on Sunday, according to The Sun newspaper.
Emergency crews were scrambled to the scene but McLean, the ex boyfriend of Lauren Goodger, could not be saved. He was 33.
Oukhellou is now being treated in hospital in intensive care.
Sources have said she has suffered “extremely serious” damage to her arm.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who died in Turkey and are in contact with the local authorities.
“We are also providing support to the family of a British woman who has been hospitalised.”
Since news of the crash emerged, her Towie co-stars have taken to social media to send their well-wishes and prayers.
Among them was Harry Derbidge who posted pictures of himself and Oukhellou on his Instagram stories and said he was wishing her a speedy recovery.
Ella Wise also shared a video of Oukhellou, writing: “Can’t stop thinking about you,’ while Amber Turner shared a photo of her and her stricken pal, writing: “Thinking of you. Can everyone keep Yaz in in their prayers tonight.”
Oukhellou made her Towie debut in 2017 and her relationship with co-star James Lock was documented on the reality TV show.
The Towie pair were together for two years before splitting in August 2019.
They got back together briefly in 2021, before she and McLean confirmed their relationship in December.
In January however it appeared to be all over after Oukhellou revealed they had split in an Instagram post and was recently rumoured to have reconciled with Lock when they were spotted enjoying a lunch date in Essex.
