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'I aspire to be like him' Crufts' Sophie Morgan on 'inspiring' role model after accident

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Channel 4's Summer Paralympics last year and now taking on Crufts. And the presenter previously sustained a spinal cord injury, leaving her paralysed from the waist down, with the star recently opening up about who got her through the devastating ordeal.At just 18, Sophie crashed a car carrying four friends, leaving her with life-changing injuries.Her friends were unharmed, however Sophie's skull became trapped under the overturned car and she ended up with a fractured back, nose and skull.The injury left her in a wheelchair as she was paraylised from the ribs down.In a recent Instagram post, Sophie opened up about who "inspired" her through the life changing part of her life.A post shared by Sophie Morgan (@sophlmorg)In an Instagram post dated February 5, Sophie posted a series of seven pictures, showing herself getting a tattoo along with pictures of her father.She captioned the post in view of her 41,000 followers: "A few months after my car crash (August 2003), just after I left the spinal unit (RNOH), some friends of my parents invited us to stay with them in Canada."Having only JUST been paralysed, I was TERRIFIED of travelling.

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