NEWNAN, Ga. - A McDonough woman says a serious crash may have saved her life after doctors discovered an aggressive form of breast cancer while checking her for injuries.

Car crash and breast cancer diagnosis

What we know:

Gloria Jeffery was driving to pick up her husband from the airport on Sept. 10 when another car ran a red light and smashed into her, totaling her vehicle. She went to the hospital the next day for precautionary scans.

A CT scan looking for internal injuries instead revealed a mass on her right breast.

A biopsy confirmed Stage 3 carcinoma.

Cancer diagnosis: ‘God intervened’

What they're saying:

"The car accident? I know I lost a car, but it saved my life," Gloria said.

She says the discovery stunned her because she had just had a routine mammogram that showed

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