// BBC UK NEWS — CRONACA
I had to learn to walk again after hit-and-run
When Fiona Gill was struck by a van she was left with a shattered pelvis, two broken vertebrae and a broken leg.
The mother of two said she still wakes up in pain every day.
"It was two major surgeries, four months in a wheelchair, and I had to learn to walk again," she said.
Antrim GAA footballer Kavan Keenan, who was driving the van in October 2024, was recently handed a nine month suspended prison sentence and a 12 month driving ban.
Speaking for the first time since the crash, McGill recounted her injuries and the painful recovery.
"My hip needed pinned, my pelvis was shattered, they pulled a piece of car bumper out of my thigh which had cut my muscle away," she said.
"The pain was horrendous because I had injuries on every side. The nurses had to turn me [in my bed] and the pain was excruciating."
McGill's relatives had to take care of her young boys while she was recovering.
"I spent five weeks in hospital, so my sisters had to take a child each. I had to essentially parent from my hospital bed.
"My eldest was doing his GCSEs so the impact on him has been significant."