I was split in half after I forgot to put my handbrake on and accidentally ran myself over – my neighbour saved me
A GRAN was 'split in half' and left with her bowel 'hanging out' after accidentally running herself over.
Kim Kynaston was shocked as she stood in her cousin's driveway posting a birthday card and saw her Ford Kunga barrelling towards the road.
After a split second, the 59-year-old realised she had not put on the handbreak, and in a heroic attempt to stop the motor she tried to jump in.
But to her horror, she was run over after accidentally hitting the accelerator pedal - leaving her with a crushed pelvis, part of her bowel hanging out, as well as a split groin and bladder.
Surgeons claimed the gran was saved by a quick-thinking neighbour, who happened to be an off-duty police officer, after she called the emergency services.
Kim, from Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, said: "I'd pulled up on the drive which is on a slight incline. I got out and the car started rolling back. We think I left it in reverse instead of park.
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"It was fight or flight so I went after it. The police said the handbrake was off, which totally surprised me. I have to admit that it was my fault.
"I reached in to try and stop it but I didn't make it. I was half in, half out and I put my foot on the accelerator and the door split me in half. My legs were forced apart and my pelvis was crushed.
"I hit the horn or banged my head on it and the neighbour who is my hero heard the horn go so she came out. The surgeon said she saved my life.
"The force of the door went through the groin, it split my vaginal area, my bladder and my bowels were out.
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"I had a severed vein in my left leg, the door had cut right the way through my skin.
"They were going to get the defibrillator because I was dying. The last thing I remember is seeing the car and jumping back in it then I woke up four weeks later."
The grandma spent 12 weeks in hospital after undergoing surgery to remove parts of her bowel, as well as bladder, pelvis and nerve repairs.
The 59-year-old is still on crutches after the terrifying accident and needs a mobile scooter and wheelchair.
And her life-changing injuries were not all physical, Kim now suffers panic attacks which can be triggered at the sound of a car horn.
She said: "They fought to put me back together, I had numerous surgeries, I had all manner of things to save my life.
"I still have a bone missing in my pelvis. I was bleeding inside, I had transfusions. I was in an awful lot of pain, I suffered delirium.
"They were life-changing injuries, there's no two ways about it.
"When I came round, one of the doctors said I should thank the off-duty police officer for saving my life because if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here."
Kim sent an urgent warning to all motorists and pedestrians that they should never try to get back into a rolling car.
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A Cambridge Police spokesman said: "We were called at about 2.45pm on 15 March 2021 with reports a woman had been hit by a car in Whittlesey, Peterborough.
"Officers attended and a woman was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries."
