A YOUNG woman has relived the moment her leg was amputated in a horror crash after featuring in Channel 4 show 24 Hours in A&E.

The traumatic aftermath of the accident in which 29-year-old Kerry Waters was almost killed, will be screened in the first episode of the new series tonight.

The dental nurse, of Alexander Road, Ashingdon, lost part of her right leg in the crash, in Brays Lane, Canewdon, in June.

She was riding her motorbike when she lost control and crashed, completely severing her right leg below the knee.

Kerry got to see a preview of the film, but said watching doctors battling to save her life proved traumatic.

She said: “I just went completely numb when I saw it. I just looked dead. I was sedated, but I just looked lifeless.

“I don’t think many people get to see that side of it when they have an accident, especially when they say it’s a ‘code red’ and you see them looking sad.

“It was pretty crazy seeing my leg. I only got a glimpse of it, but it was completely shattered. I had no idea that they were considering trying to reattach it.

“I never would have thought that was possible and in a way I’m glad they didn’t because I don’t think it would have worked properly.”

Kerry was lucky to survive the crash as she came close to being decapitated by an electricity pole wire, but thanks to her helmet strap catching it, she managed to survive.

Kerry’s grandparents, Dennis and Angie Waters, received a phone call about the accident and were among the first people on the scene.

Speaking in the programme, Dennis said: “We got there and saw Kerry laying in the ditch.

“I see these two fellas running up and down the road.

“They didn’t know who I was and I said ‘excuse me, what are you looking for?’ and he said ‘we’re looking for the young girl’s leg’.”

Though the doctors were unable to save her leg, Kerry has since gone on to show that she is determined to overcome this setback in her life, learning to walk again on a rather uncomfortable NHS prosthetic leg and getting back in the saddle for her much-loved hobby of horseriding.

Kerry’s grandparents revealed they always been worried sick about her getting a motorbike.

Mr Waters, 74, from Ashingdon who has since made a prosthetic leg out of wood especially to help Kerry with her horseriding, said: “We begged her not to, but Kerry desperately wanted a motorbike, so she went out and got one.

“Our heart was in our mouth every time she went out on that bike until I heard that motorbike come back here.”

The documentary is on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.

THE documentary shows medics at St George’s Hospital in south-west London, battling to save Kerry’s life after her arrival at A&E by air ambulance.

Due to the severity of her injuries, specialists from seven different departments were called in to treat Kerry.

Trauma consultant Thiagarajan Jaiganesh, known as Jai, who was in charge, said: “When they say code red, you get a patient who’s lost a lot of blood and they are critically unwell.

“If you cut off your lower limb, the worst thing that can happen is that they can lose the whole volume of blood and, as a result, your heart goes into cardiac arrest.”

The Garden Productions film goes on to show doctors trying stabilise Kerry before sending her for a CT scan to see if it’s possible to re-attach her leg.

Jaiadded: “Time is very critical when we are considering re-attachment of the leg. But the first priority is always life. Limb comes second after life.”

* Former soldier Shaun Holmes is gearing up to run 399 miles from Scotland to London to raise money for a blade prosthetic leg to replace her NHS one.

To support Shaun’s run, visit www.youcaring.com/ other/kerrynicola- water-s-fund/197278