Sammi Kinghorn: My Dad βcrushedβ me with his forklift truck
Sammi Kinghorn recalls the horrific accident she endured aged 14 β and how it led her on a journey to becoming a double world champion.
Back in December 2010, she suffered a broken back in a freak incident involving her dadβs forklift truck at her familyβs farm in Berwickshire. It resulted in her being paralysed from the waist down.
She remembers thinking to herself at the time: βIβm going to die and my dadβs going to think that heβs killed meβ.
Kinghorn initially thought sheβd βbe stuck in bed foreverβ, but seeing a wheelchair for the first time βbrought a smile to my faceβ.
She says: βThe day I tried wheelchair racing was the best day of my lifeβ.
That accident in 2010 was indeed life-changing β Kinghorn went on to become a T53 wheelchair racer, and won the 100m and 200m for Britain at the World Para-athletics Championships in London in the summer.
This clip is originally from the Friday Sports Panel on Friday 1st September.
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