Moving house is meant to be an exciting moment filled with ideas and possibilities. But for dad-of-three Scott Lee it almost ended in tragedy when a freak accident nearly cost him his life.
Barely 24 hours after getting the keys, the 30-year-old was putting up a banner to celebrate his wife's birthday when he put his foot through a pane of glass, severing his Achilles and cutting a main artery supplying blood to his leg. Neighbours said his scream in pain was so loud that they thought someone was being attacked.
When Scott discovered he was unable to stem the bleeding, he hobbled down the road in a desperate attempt to seek help. Luckily a qualified nurse happened to pass by in her car and saw him in distress, placing one of his wife's dressing gowns tightly around his leg before relatives could take him to hospital.
