A dad is now able to carry his son after losing his leg in an accident.
Richard Jones, 33, was involved in a road accident resulting in the amputation of his right leg. While working in construction in February, 2020, Richard was driving his truck towards Johnstown in Carmarthen. Although Richard has no memory of the accident, police later told him that he had hit the barrier on a slip road, half-throwing him out of the vehicle.
After Richard was stabilised by consultant Dr Bob Tipping and critical care practitioner Marc Allen from Wales Air Ambulance, with the emergency medical and retrieval transfer service, he was taken to the Morriston Hospital for emergency surgery. He said “they operated all night at Morriston Hospital. The next morning, they came to the conclusion that it was either my leg or my life. They took my right leg from above the knee.”
