'I was hit by a car, thrown on the bonnet then run over'

"Rebecca O'Malley, 31, a speech and language therapist from Clapham, south-west London, was walking along the pavement last year when she suddenly heard a "loud revving" noise behind her. After being hit by the car, she suffered "distressing" injuries including broken ribs, skull fractures, a shoulder injury, a dislocated hip, spinal fractures and severe road rash. Just over a year later, Ms O'Malley is back at work and has started running again, describing her recovery as "miraculous"."

"Although it was not determined exactly what happened, Ms O'Malley's injuries suggested she was hit by the car, thrown on to the bonnet and then went under the moving vehicle. An off-duty A&E nurse, who Ms O'Malley described as her "guardian angel", was one of the first on the scene after hearing the incident nearby. Firefighters from the station across the road, the London Ambulance Service and the air ambulance were also called in."

"She was placed into an induced coma and has surgery on the right side of her chest to release the trapped air and blood which had caused her lung to collapse. PA Media The hospital also confirmed she had broken the majority of her ribs on the right side, had skull fractures, a broken clavicle, a broken scapula and a degloving injury to her shoulder."

Rebecca O'Malley, 31, a speech and language therapist from Clapham, was walking on a pavement when she heard a loud revving noise behind her and was struck by a car. Injuries included multiple right-side rib breaks, skull fractures, a broken clavicle and scapula, a degloving shoulder injury, spinal fractures causing cord compression, a dislocated hip, an open arm fracture and severe road rash. Emergency responders, including an off-duty A&E nurse, firefighters, London Ambulance Service and the air ambulance, attended. She was placed in an induced coma and underwent chest surgery to re-expand a collapsed lung. She has returned to work and resumed running, describing recovery as miraculous.

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