Rylan Clark has shared an update on his mum Linda's health two months on from her horrific fall in Spain, resulting in broken bones, after the 71-year-old was forced to undergo emergency surgery in September.
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The family of a mum left fighting for her life following a horror crash in Spain say it’s a “miracle” she’s still alive. Dawn Maher was on her way to pick up a friend from Alicante airport when she was involved in a head-on smash on October 17.
The 50-year-old was rushed to the intensive care unit where doctors fought to save her legs and she lost four pints of blood. The mum-of-three, who is originally from Stockport but moved to Alicante several years ago, remained on a ventilator for a week before she was able to breathe on her own.
She suffered breaks and fractures to her neck, arm and ribs and has broken both legs. Incredibly, she sustained no internal injuries.
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Her husband Stephen says the incident has come as a “total shock” to the family. “I still don’t think it’s hit me yet,” the 59-year-old told the Manchester Evening News.
“We’d just come back from the holiday of our dreams in the Maldives and I thought I’d lost her overnight. It’s a total shock. We’re not sure how the future is going to be with her injuries.”
The couple decided to permanently relocate to the Spanish holiday hotspot from Offerton seven years ago for a better quality of life.
Stephen can recall the moment he learned Dawn had been in a crash – and it was serious. “She was on the phone on loud speaker to a friend in the UK,” he continued.
“The person on the phone heard the crash. She heard sirens and phoned my daughter and said, ‘I think your mum has been involved in an accident’.
“I thought it would be a small accident so I set off to find her. I saw the traffic,
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