'I thought she was dead': Teen hit by paraglider on family holiday

A British teen has been near successful a superior information aft being deed by a paraglider portion she ate a repast with her household connected holiday.

Lily Nichol, 15, from Durham, was injured connected Friday connected the last time of her vacation successful Oludeniz, a edifice municipality successful southwest Turkey.

She present needs aggregate operations including backmost and jaw surgery, which would outgo the household £45,000, Lyndsey Logan, her mother, told the BBC.

When Lily was eating pizza astatine a edifice with her mum and older sister, a paraglider "came from nowhere", Ms Logan said.

"Next happening we knew, my girl was conscionable unconscious connected the floor," she said.

"I was conscionable screaming, crying for help," Ms Logan continued. "I thought she was dead."

Ms Logan said that Lily's injuries included a breached jaw, a divided lingua and 4 breaks successful her spine, which meant that she cannot beryllium moved from hospital.

Her oculus was besides "gashed open" and her teeth were "wobbly" and would request replacing, she said.

Doctors told her that Lily had besides suffered a bleed connected the encephalon but a scan aboriginal confirmed that she had nary superior caput injuries.

Ms Logan had not taken retired question security meaning the household has present been near to ft the measure for Lily's aesculapian care.

It has truthful acold outgo £7,200, which Lily's begetter has paid, but the backmost and jaw country would adhd an other £45,000.

Ms Logan said her household does not person the money, with Lily acceptable to person the country connected Monday.

Her parent said she would wage a deposit for the cognition beforehand but would request to wage the afloat complaint earlier Lily was capable to permission hospital.

Lily's household person acceptable up an online fundraiser to effort screen the costs.

"My girl didn't retrieve anything," Ms Logan said. "She thought she was having a dream."

On some Friday and Saturday nights, Lily had "bad nightmares," Ms Logan said.

Her different daughter, Megan, 19, had besides been knocked unconscious by the paraglider but was not arsenic severely injured.

"She came astir erstwhile I started screaming," she said.

Ms Logan said that she was "absolutely traumatised" herself, adding: "I'll ne'er hide this day".

The household person been successful interaction with the British Embassy successful Turkey.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office told the BBC: "We are providing enactment to a British miss and her household pursuing an mishap successful Turkey."