Overview

• Barrymore said the crash happened a mile out in the mountains during a family vacation in France.
• She described the injury as a torn-open elbow that required repeated emergency-room visits over several days.
• According to Barrymore, her child used a bra as a makeshift tourniquet to slow the bleeding.
• Barrymore did not identify which of her two daughters was injured and offered no additional medical details.
• She shared the account while explaining why she canceled plans with Stephen Colbert’s wife, drawing on-air praise for her daughter's composure.