Lucy soon back on her horse after awful fall

NORTHUMBERLAND teenager who suffered life-threatening injuries when falling from her horse got back in the saddle just two months after losing a kidney and fracturing her back.

- DANIEL HALL Reporter

A NORTHUMBERLAND teenager who suffered life-threatening injuries when falling from her horse got back in the saddle just two months after losing a kidney and fracturing her back.

Lucy Henderson, 18, from Hexham, was riding Peapod in Otterburn on June 20 when they had a rotational fall during a jump, and Peapod landed on top of her.

Lucy was in a lot of pain, having suffered internal bleeding, fractured her back, scapula, nose and six ribs, and had a chunk taken out of her lip.

Medics were called to her aid, including the Great North Air Ambulance helicopter.

Lucy said: “I was knocked out initially, but afterwards I can remember the majority of it.

“I remember hearing the helicopter and I thought, thank God for that, the drugs are on the way.”

Parents Tracy Irving Henderson and Matt Henderson watched the emergency services working to assess and treat their daughter's injuries.