World | Manal al-Sharif Rogue Saudi Female Driver: I Survived Crash Manal al-Sherif was detained after YouTube video last year By Matt Cantor Posted Jan 25, 2012 8:26 AM CST Updated Jan 25, 2012 9:40 AM CST Copied Rogue Saudi Female Driver: I Survived Crash Manal al-Sharif rejects the driving ban. (YouTube) The Saudi woman who made international headlines by driving in a YouTube video survived the car crash that was widely reported to have killed her, reports the Guardian. Media reports had said Manal al-Sherif died instantly, but Sherif tells the Guardian that it was instead an unnamed female companion who died in the wreck. It's not clear who was driving. Sherif was detained for 10 days last year following the video; she was reportedly released early after signing a document saying she would stop driving. Read These Next Mystery donor to US troops has been identified. Within half hour, Navy fighter jet and copter both go into the sea. The strangely, lonely final days of Gene Hackman. A surrogate can cost six figures. But what if the money vanishes? See 1 photo Report an error