Nathaniel Shani was an ordinary 14-year-old boy in many ways. He enjoyed playing games on his PlayStation and hanging out with friends. He was also a proud air cadet.
01.06.2024 - 15:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A motorcyclist has recounted how a leisurely Sunday ride turned into a harrowing ordeal that nearly resulted in the loss of his leg.
Zac Bonny, 32, was enjoying a typical weekend ride with friends along the country lanes on the Lancashire border in August 2022 when disaster struck.
A farmer had been on the road, leaving behind mud that caused Zac to lose control on the slippery surface.
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Zak explained the terrifying moment to LancsLive, he said: "It was just on the off-chance, I had gone round the corner and a farmer had been going in and out of a field, so there was a fair bit of mud and debris on the road. This made me lose the grip on my front wheel and then I collided with the post, unfortunately."
In the aftermath of the crash, his quick-thinking friend Shaun immediately called for an ambulance while he lay injured.
Zac, from Burnley and dad of two said: "I was lying there for around 15 minutes, I kept going to Shaun, where is it? I could really do with some morphine now."
The severity of his injuries became apparent when the road ambulance arrived. Zak said: "Then the road ambulance came and they saw the state of my leg, because my foot was kind of behind my knee. Then they requested the air ambulance because they're more medically trained."
"When they got there, they gave me morphine to help but the air ambulance were able to give me loads of ketamine to basically knock me out so they could realign my leg. I later found out normal paramedics don't carry anything like that."
The North West Air Ambulance Charity (NWAAC) team, comprising doctors and critical care paramedics, arrived on the scene to find Zac in
Nathaniel Shani was an ordinary 14-year-old boy in many ways. He enjoyed playing games on his PlayStation and hanging out with friends. He was also a proud air cadet.
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