As part of Road Safety Week 2021 (November 15-21) – an initiative led by the safety charity Brake – Hudgell Solicitors’ client Lewis Foster has shared his story of survival and ongoing recovery after a horror motorbike crash with the media in the hope it helps raise awareness of the need for all to take greater care on the roads, and the long-term impact injuries have.
The focus this year is Road Safety Heroes, seeking to highlight and celebrate the heroic work of road safety professionals, but also emphasis how everybody can all play a part in making journeys safer for all.
Lewis was knocked off his motorbike two years ago and left facing a massive battle for survival –one he certainly wouldn’t have won without road safety heroes in the form of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Aged 17 at the time, he was given just a 35% chance of survival when emergency teams arrived at the scene in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, after Lewis had been knocked off his motorbike by a car driver at a junction.
Lewis suffered a serious brain injury as well as further serious injuries to his pelvis, bladder, liver and right arm.
Paramedics from the air ambulance had to put him into an induced coma on the roadside before he was rushed to hospital, ensuring he remained in a stable condition as his life was in the balance.
Those quick actions and that immediate roadside treatment saved his life, preventing his brain from swelling and his organs failing.
He was given a second chance at life – but also a new life a world away from that he’d enjoyed before.
In The News: Hull Live
