Due to the driver being uninsured, there will also be lawyer fees. Leaving him with financial worries on top of everything else! He will need medical equipment and the house will need major alterations before he can even come home. Writing on the page Chloe said: "The road to recovery will be long and tough for my dad. Now over a month after the crash and several surgeries later significant damage has also been found to his left knee meaning a total reconstruction is needed before he can think about his future with a prosthetic leg. He then had an emergency drain inserted into his lung. An emergency X-Ray found that he had air in his left lung, fractured ribs, and scapula. Two days after the crash he underwent further surgery for his other injuries, when he came around he was unable to breathe. When I was lying on the floor one of the lads was trying to chuck a blanket on me and saying ‘you’ll be alright’ and I said ‘don’t talk s**t I can see some of my bones’."
"They just had to whip the leg off because there was not much they could really do with it. The left leg was pretty mangled as well but they have managed to save that now as well which is great. They didn’t pre-warn her, they just said I was alive and that was the main thing. And that’s when we saw it, or my wife saw it first, I should say. "Next thing I remember is waking up with my wife bringing me around. The crash pushed the van forward so I was lying on the floor, conscious throughout. "I was standing by the back doors waiting for one of the lads to come across, he said ‘I’ll just wait for this car’, next thing whack, the car hit the van with me in between. Garry with his wife Claire (Image: Chloe Doggett) Immediately after the crash he was rushed into an eight-hour surgery before being treated in intensive care for his injuries. He said that the driver was uninsured and allegedly over the drink-drive limit. Gary said that the crash happened on a "perfectly straight" road on a golf course. It won’t ruin it, but it will change it", said Gary who lives in Murcia with his wife Carol as well as having his two children Chloe and Jak and four grandchildren nearby. Read more: Dad paralysed in horrific bike accident In just six weeks he has undergone over six surgeries to treat injuries to his left leg, fractured vertebrates in his lower back, fractured ribs as well as air in his lungs. Speaking from a hospital in Valencia, the grandfather has said that the crash has "changed" his life. Now the glazier's life has been turned upside down as he faces years before he is back on his feet as well as being forced to close down his business. Gary Doggett, 55, originally from Bwlch in Powys but having lived in Murcia for over 15-years was crushed between his van and the car after being hit while working on June 30.Īfter being rushed into emergency surgery Gary woke to discover that doctors were unable to save his right leg and that it had been amputated below the knee. A man has been forced to have his leg amputated after being hit by an alleged drunk and uninsured driver in Spain.
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