'Meat van crushed my face'
21.05.12
Accident victim relives day she was run over
Horror accident victim Margaret Williams has spoken out about her brush with death as she was run over by a reversing van in the centre of Dartmouth
The rear wheel of the commercial van ran right over the 74-year-old’s body, crushing her arm, chest and face and leaving her in intensive care for five days.
Her face was so badly ‘squashed’ she lost all her teeth, while her arm was in plaster from her fingertips to her shoulder and she was warned she would never be able to use it again.
‘They said I should have died. I had all sorts of injuries – so many I can’t tell you about them,’ she said.
The accident that happened 16 months ago still affects her today leaving her too frightened to go out of her home without being accompanied by a friend.
‘When I go out I go out with a friend because I have not got the confidence any more. I hear a car coming and I am afraid. The specialist
Source: Dartmouth-Today