A tight-knit community was left shattered after a devastating house blaze killed a 42-year-old woman and left a teenage girl, 15, fighting for her life in hospital.
06.06.2023 - 18:42 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum-of-one who was thrown from her bike after being hit by a BMW said she has been "forced to abandon" her business dreams after suffering serious injuries.
Lauren Varley, from Blaxton, South Yorkshire, was riding her bike back home after feeding her horses on August 11, 2022, when she was hit by a BMW in Bank End Road in Doncaster.
Lauren, 37, was thrown from her bike and landed in a ditch. After passers-by helped her, she was rushed to hospital where she spent ten days undergoing several operations.
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She suffered a catalogue of injuries, including a fractured spine, a broken right leg and ankle and degloving injuries which saw skin ripped from her ankle and elbow.
Speaking to Yorkshire Live, Lauren said: "It was a gorgeous sunny day and perfect conditions. On the way home, three cars had overtaken me with no problem and then I remember hearing a car thinking - that’s loud - then the next thing I knew I was hit from behind. My next memory is being laid out in the ditch looking up and shouting for help.
"The driver had stopped quite far down the road but didn’t come over. I was on my back thinking how I could drag myself out of the ditch as I was petrified no one could see me and I’d be left there. Then some people came and called the emergency services.
"I started losing a lot of blood. The pain was getting worse and it felt like an age until the emergency services arrived. All I remember was the lights of the ambulance. I’d passed out."
She added: "It was only when I came round in hospital did the extent of my injuries become apparent. The last few months and trying to come to terms with both the
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