Brave Harriet Barnsley couldn't see, speak or move a single part of her body when she woke from a bus stop crash that killed her best pal. She was on the brink of death after a dangerous driver travelling at 101mph smashed into the pair as they waited for a bus.
Memory of the incident itself was lost through a brain injury, but instead Harriet vividly recalls the "psychosis nightmare" that left her believing she was "dead and living in hell" years on. And to cope with the death of Rebecca McManus, the now 29-year-old pretends her childhood friend is still studying away at University, BirminghamLive reports.
Almost eight years after the Hagley Road West tragedy just outside Birmingham on May 31, 2014, Harriet has just undergone further surgery to repair damage to her leg. Meanwhile, the speeding driver who killed her 21-year-old friend Rebecca and left Harriet with life-changing injuries has been free from prison for years - and is legally able to drive again.
