A Lanarkshire schoolgirl spent 16 days in the intensive care unit after being mowed down by a car while she was crossing the road. Nine-year-old Leigha Simpson sustained multiple injuries in the horror incident on May 13.
The youngster was on her way to a Saturday night youth club when she was hit by a vehicle in Main Street, Bellshill. She sustained a broken pelvis, a broken femur, broken bones in her neck and skull, broken ribs, a forehead cut and damage to her spleen.
Her family has shared the pain they went through when Leigha was fighting for her life, and on a ventilator for 10 days. Mum Allyson Smith, 32, spoke to the Record about her daughter's health battle.
