Holiday taxi crash mum's 2000-mile mercy dash

A MUM-OF-THREE who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a taxi in Bulgaria has been driven back to Scotland by a medical team.

- RUTH SUTER

Stephanie Watson, 26, from Wester Hailes, in Edinburgh, was struck by the car moments after she arrived at Burgas Airport with two friends for a holiday last month.

The mum-of-three suffered a disfigured shoulder, a punctured lung, broken ribs and a smashed pelvis in the horror crash.

She had two major ops She had two major ops in Bulgaria but requires urgent further treatment for her pelvis in Scotland.

Medics deemed the young mum unfit to fly due to her serious injuries. She was driven 2149 miles by a medical team to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Tuesday.

Her family issued an update on her recovery writing: "Stephanie and her mum are on the road home with a medical team from Bulgaria.