A mum told of the devastating moment she discovered her son was critically injured in a car crash.
Loghlin Kirk, 17, was on his way to meet some friends after work when he was involved in a car accident just minutes away from his home in the Isle of Man.
The 17-year-old was airlifted to Aintree Hospital and later transferred to the Walton Centre where he remains on a life support machine.
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Loghilin's mum, Lauren Kirk, heard about the crash on January 11, from her daughter Doona, 18, who called her to let her know there had been an accident but she wasn't involved.
But it wasn't until later that day that the family discovered Loghilin was involved in the crash and had been taken to hospital.
Lauren told the ECHO: "He'd been to work and he was just going out to meet his friends. He left our house and the accident was actually minutes from our house just down the road.
"Thankfully it was only him that was involved, as awful as it is, we're thankful that no one else was involved in the crash.
"We found out because my daughter left the house and she called me just to let me know there'd been an accident and basically to reassure me that it wasn't her involved.
"As a mum I was thinking 'where is everyone else?' So we tried to get in touch with Lockie and there was no answer from him.
"And then some of Lockie's friends got in touch with my daughter and they thought it was him."
Lauren said she couldn't leave the house at the time as she was isolating from coronavirus, so she sent her older son Harrison, 21, to speak to police at the scene.
A police officer came and knocked on the family's door a short time later to confirm it was Loghlin who was involved in the crash.
The 17-year-old suffered from a brain injury, fractures to his face and skull, and damage to his left eye during the crash.
He was airlifted from Noble's Hospital in the Isle of Man to Aintree Hospital in Liverpool, where his dad Daniel met him the following morning.
Loghlin was put into a medically induced coma and is now receiving treatment at the Walton Centre where Lauren said he is making "good progress" but there is a "really long way to go."
A Gofundme page set up by friend Melissa Menton to support the family, who are now staying in Liverpool, has raised over £9,000 in 24 hours.
Lauren said: "He's essentially not in a coma anymore but he hasn't fully come round. At the moment he's still essentially unconscious but he is able to squeeze our hands, so there is a little bit of movement.
"He's been on life support since he got here. I have to say we were so lucky, emergency services at home were fantastic. They got there so quickly.
"They managed to get him out of the car and to hospital in good time and the staff at the hospital - the nurses and consultants are absolutely fantastic. They saw him so quickly and I think that's been crucial in his recovery.
"There's been a lot of crying. We're just taking it day by day and focusing on the here and now rather than looking to the future."
Lauren said she can't speak highly enough of the Walton Centre and in particular staff on the Horsley Critical Care Unit where Loghlin is being treated.
She said: "The Walton Centre is absolutely amazing, I just can't thank them enough as to how they've treated him. The nurses treat him as if he was their own child, it's amazing.
"The messages of support and people getting in touch telling us that they're thinking of us, that has been overwhelming.
"It really does help to know that every one is behind him and praying for his recovery. It's been amazing, I'm so humbled.
"When Melissa set up the fundraising page and how quickly it's grown and all the donations from friends and family but also from people we don't know, it's unbelievable. I can't even put it into words what it means to us."
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