Overview

• Alexandrova sustained severe open cranial injuries when an elk flew through her car’s windshield on July 5 on the M9 near Rzhev in Tver Oblast
• She was treated in a Rzhev hospital ICU before transfer to Moscow’s Sklifosovsky Institute, where she spent weeks in and out of a coma and developed sepsis
• Modus Vivendis confirmed her death on August 12 and the Miss Universe Organization posted tributes honoring her spirit and legacy
• A first runner-up at Miss Russia 2017 and a Miss Universe 2017 contestant, Alexandrova also trained and worked as a psychologist
• Her husband, who survived the crash, is now petitioning authorities to install wildlife netting along the M9 to reduce deadly animal collisions