New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Kseniya Alexandrova has died after suffering serious brain injuries in a freak accident. In July, while travelling with her husband, Ilya, in Tver Oblast, Russia, their car collided with an elk, a large species of deer.

The 30-year-old former beauty queen was sitting in the passenger seat when the animal struck the vehicle. Her husband later said everything happened within seconds, leaving him no chance to avoid the impact.

The elk suddenly jumped onto the road and crashed through the car's windshield. It caused severe brain injuries to Kseniya.

"From the moment it jumped out to the impact, a split second passed. I didn't have time to do anything," Ilya told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

"Everything was covered in blood," ...