Overview
- Spears shared an Instagram carousel on Dec. 25 showing a cherry‑red ATV with a large bow labeled “Maddie” and photos of Maddie and her sister Ivey sitting on it.
- The gift comes nearly nine years after Maddie was submerged when an ATV flipped into a pond in 2017, after which she was rescued, airlifted, placed on life support and later fully recovered.
- Maddie discussed the incident publicly for the first time in an August YouTube video, saying she had been in a coma and describing herself as very blessed.
- Page Six identified the new vehicle as a Honda FourTrax Rancher 4×4, while earlier reports on the 2017 crash referenced a Polaris model.
- Some outlets characterized the present as controversial given the past accident, and there were no reports of any new incident connected to the gift.