Claire Sweeney's car was pierced by a railing in a crash while she was working away on a cruise ship.
The former Brookside star took to social media on Thursday to explain she has had "no luck" with the car, that she has had for less than a year. Sharing a snap of a bad crash outside her home, she also said thankfully nobody was hurt.
As a result of the crash, it appeared a piece of metal railing had gone through the front of Claire's car.
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Claire told her thousands of followers: "Thankfully nobody was hurt. Had no luck with my car... Three accidents and not had it a year! I wasn't even home for this one. Happened outside my house. Only a piece of railing through my car".
Earlier, Claire had posted on her Instagram story that it is her last day of working away from home, with her due to return on Friday. She said: "Last day on board, home to my boy tomorrow".
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Claire rose to fame on Brookside in the 1990s. Wednesday marked 40 years since the soap's first episode. To commemorate the occasion, Claire shared a photo of the iconic Brookside Close.
Captioning the snap, she said: "40 years since the first episode aired. So proud to have been part of this ground-breaking soap."
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