A harrowing experience for a Minnesota woman and her 5-year-old daughter who escaped a car explosion. A traumatic memory, but her fight isn't over.

"I thought for a solid minute I was gonna lose her when I jumped out the car," said Alexa Johnson of Big Lake.

Last October, Johnson was driving back from a routine tire appointment when her brakes stopped and she saw smoke. Next thing she knew, her 2020 Kia Sportage, which she'd only owned for one year, engulfed in flames.

"She, smart and brave unbuckled jumped through the driver door and we ran maybe 20 feet and it hit the gas line and blew up like a bomb," Johnson said about her daughter Hayzel's escape.

Johnson owed $23,365 on the vehicle and received roughly $18,000 from Progressive. After gap insurance kicked in, she still thinks she

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