Honey Boo Boo alum Alana Thompson injured in Denver car crash

Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, the 20 year old reality television alum now studying nursing, was injured Friday after her car was struck on the driver's side by another vehicle while she was pulling out of a driveway in Denver, her mother, June "Mama June" Shannon, said in an Instagram video. The collision occurred as Thompson was en route to a hair appointment, and she was taken to a hospital with back pain and headaches before returning home to rest, Shannon said.

Shannon said the other driver, a 23 year old man, admitted to driving about 40 miles per hour and likely being distracted. She described footage that, in her account, shows Thompson waiting 10 to 15 seconds before entering the roadway. "She is banged up a little bit but other than that she is OK," Shannon said in the video, adding that "it could have been a lot worse."

According to Shannon, Thompson called the police and then her clinical director after the crash because she was scheduled to begin nursing clinicals the following day. Multiple accounts indicate she missed at least the first day of her nursing program as she rested and recovered. Shannon said she and her husband were traveling to Denver to help...