The youngster sustained a broken pelvis, a broken femur, broken bones in her neck and skull, broken ribs, a forehead cut and damage to her spleen.
The mum of a Scots girl who sustained serious injuries after being knocked down by a car has spoken of the family's anguish after her daughter spent 16 days fighting for her life in intensive care.
"He watched Leigha cross the road when the car suddenly appeared. One minute she was there, then the next minute she wasn't. I saw a photo of the incident on Facebook and my mum had a gut feeling it was Leigha."The paramedics were working on Leigha at the scene when I got there for around 30 minutes. It was terrifying. She sustained very serious injuries."
The schoolgirl remained on a ventilator for 10 days and spent 16 days in the intensive care unit. She is now continuing her recovery on a ward as she awaits surgery on her neck. "It has been horrific and it feels like a dream as it still hasn't really hit us. I have two younger kids and they don't really understand what is going on.
She said: "Drivers should be careful going round that road as the youth club is on every Saturday and everyone knows about it.
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