Horror e-scooter crash leaves student in intensive care after almost losing leg
dailystar.co.ukholiday.Eleanor Young was in Rome when she suffered a double break in her right leg, and a severed artery, after a Smart Car crashed into her.She was taken to hospital in the city, where surgeons attempted to save her leg.Eleanor also suffered dental fractures and spent five days in intensive care.The student, who reads modern languages at Newcastle University, had three more operations, before returning home in August last year.She had to give up her studies for a year and moved back home so her parents could care for her – as well as attending hospital here.Since then, she has had another five surgeries - including removing and replacing metal rods, fixing a metal cage on her leg and repositioning the bone to help it fuse.And now, she has.
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