Scots mum who suffered brain injury after being hit by tractor spent £10k on recovery during pandemic
A mum who suffered a traumatic head injury after she was hit by a tractor while out running says she had to spend £10,000 on private therapy because NHS services shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.
The October 2019 incident – for which the tractor driver is understood to have pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention – left the runner learning to walk again. And to make matters worse, just as she was beginning her recovery, the pandemic struck, shutting down NHS services. "It’s my body, my brain injury and my life so I made my recovery my responsibility. So lockdown or not, I was determined.”
She added: "I was a marathon runner, worked four days a week and was a hands-on mother to two young boys. The physical injuries were tough as I had to learn to walk again and that felt harder than running a marathon.
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