Woman, 22, left fighting for life & suffers horrific injuries after being hit by car while walking home alone
A WOMAN was left fighting for her life after being hit by a car while walking home from a night out.
Molly Turner, 22, was the victim of a hit-and-run after spending the night with friends in Manchester.
The medicine student at the city’s university was rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition and had to undergo 12 hours of emergency surgery.
She was then placed into an induced coma, having suffered multiple horror injuries including a broken collarbone and shoulder, a fractured pelvis and internal injuries to her organs.
Recalling the traumatic incident, Molly told the Manchester Evening News: “A group of us were on a night out when I decided to walk home alone after becoming separated from my friends, which I know in hindsight doesn’t seem wise.
“As I crossed a road I was hit by a car, the car never stopped and it took another passer-by to pull over and call an ambulance as I lay on the ground.
“The first thing I properly remember after coming round is being in major trauma at 4am speaking to an anaesthetist and wanting to call my mum.”
Molly described waking up from her coma with a feeding tube in and find her “stoic” family on hand.
She spent nearly six weeks in hospital and needed six months before she could go back to work.
She said her experience of being in hospital and surrounded by surgeons and other medical staff has enhanced her determination to complete her medicine degree.
Joseph Alsousou, a trauma surgeon at Greater Manchester Hospital, said: “Molly presented with severe injuries in multiple areas and it was clear we needed to act fast.
“Seven consultants were present with rest of the team when we received Molly, she was taken to theatre quickly for damage control surgery where we stabilised her condition and applied early surgical fixation.”
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