Irishwoman run over in London 'grateful to be alive'

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- ELEANOR FLEMING

A YOUNG Irishwoman who was hit by a car, thrown onto the bonnet and then run over says she sustained injuries that felt like “torture” but is “grateful” to be alive.

On July 27 last year Rebecca O'Malley, 31, a speech and language therapist who lives in London, was walking along the pavement with her flatmate last summer when they suddenly heard a “loud revving” noise.

A driver lost control of their vehicle and mounted the pavement, colliding with them at speed while they were walking to Clapham Common.

Although Rebecca has no memory of what happened, accounts from others and injuries she sustained suggest she was hit by the car, thrown onto the bonnet and then went under the moving vehicle, suffering “distressing” injuries.