7News Just InA Carrum Downs woman is fighting for life days after being hit by a speeding motorcycle
Doctors have been forced to amputate the leg of a Carrum Downs woman hit by an out-of-control motorbike. Her family has shared their anguish as the young disability worker faces a long road to recovery.
For more, Tyra Stowers reports.
Struck by a reckless motorbike rider while walking her dog. Ashley Howlett is fighting to stay alive five days on from the horrific crash.
She's still extremely critical and the extent of her injuries I can't actually put into words.
Doctors have had to amputate the thirty one year old's leg and she remains in a medically induced coma.
She has got pins in her left leg, which is the good leg. She has got broken bones, punctured lungs.
Today a glimmer of hope. Her first sign of movements since the collision when she heard her partner's name, Are you looking forward to seeing Sean? Ashley was struck in front of horrified witnesses just meters from her caram Down's home. The rider was arrested at the scene.
It was the quick thinking of one police officer in particular who saved her life.
The unlicensed nine year old was slapped with multiple dangerous driving changes.
I hope he's watching and he can see what he has done. Her partner, Sean, they've been together for ten years and he's not left her side, nor has my sister, her mum.
Ashley's family has told seven News her life has changed forever, but they're holding on to hope. They've since set up a go Fundme page, which has already raised more than seventy thousand dollars to help with ongoing medical bills, and.
We're so grateful because we know that their journey ahead is going to be a long one for
Ash tyres dollars seven News
