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Taylor suffered a near-fatal car accident in 2001. After enduring over 41 surgeries, she has fully recovered and now owns a Nashville-area boutique called Abbie + Jesse's. She has twin boys, Jake and Hunter, age 11, with her ex-husband of two years, Matt Martinez, whom she divorced in 1996. Taylor ... dated country music star Keith Urban on and off in 2002 and 2003.
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For the first few weeks, Taylor's condition was touch-and-go and her doctor warned that she was in danger of losing her life. When Taylor became fully conscious after two months she guessed that she had been in the hospital for only four days. Her slow recovery included 40 surgical procedures over the next four months. Taylor left Grady Memorial Hospital on June 26, 2001 and moved into a private rehabilitation facility in Atlanta. After so many weeks in intensive care she required extensive rehabilitation. Her biggest motivator was seeing her sons, who were cared for by their father during Taylor's months of recuperation.
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Taylor, who was wearing a seat belt, was not thrown from the car and initially appeared to be unhurt, but then experienced severe abdominal pain, publicist Lou Taylor said. She had no head or facial injuries.
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On May 2, 2001, Taylor was critically injured in a car accident in Atlanta, Georgia. The driver of the car was attempting to answer his cell phone, lost control of the car and smashed into a utility pole.[1] Taylor was wearing her seat belt at the time and was not thrown from the vehicle; ... she suffered severe internal injuries, including a collapsed lung and serious liver damage. The accident left her unconscious for six weeks. Taylor was treated at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and had at least 8 operations, as well as physical therapy. In 2001, she went to rehab to treat an addiction to Vicodin, a prescription painkiller.[2]
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Now the dog-loving Taylor, who ... owns a Chow Chow mix named Sasha and a Maltese named Jesse, still has a career in fashion – as the owner of an upscale clothing boutique near her home. The store’s name? Abbie & Jesse’s, for her and her business partner’s two dogs.
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In 2001, Taylor entered rehab to recover from her drug addiction. In the same year, she suffered from a devastating car accident in which the car she was riding hit a utility pole after the driver tried to answer his mobile phone. She suffered severe internal injuries and spent six weeks unconscious.
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