Caught on camera: Moment British teacher was nearly sliced in HALF by a drink driver as he waited at McDonald's 反対する in 中国

  • Simon Halford-Thompson is 残り/休憩(する)ing at home after both 脚s were 粉々にするd
  • His 脚s were held together with metal 棒s and plates for seven months
  • The driver was 設立する 有罪の of drunk-運動ing and 刑務所,拘置所d


A British teacher is 再構築するing his life 支援する home after a horrific 出来事/事件 in a McDonald's in 中国 nearly killed him.

Simon Halford-Thompson is 支援する on his feet at home in Laceby after both his 脚s were 粉々にするd in the horrifying 出来事/事件 in which he was nearly 削減(する) in half.

The 24-year-old was in a 支店 of the burger 巨大(な) in Yangzhou in eastern 中国 when a Mercedes ploughed into it.

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Simon Halford-Thompson just moments before a car struck him in a McDonald's in China

This image shows Simon Halford-Thompson chatting to a friend - just seconds before the car 攻撃する,衝突する him

Simon Halford-Thompson's horrific accident

The car can then be 明確に seen careering into the takeaway

The moment Simon Halford-Thompson is struck by a car in McDonald's

A 分裂(する)-second later the Mercedes, with a drunk-driver at the wheel, 鎮圧するs Simon at the 反対する

Simon Halford-Thompson was crushed by a car at a McDonald's in China

It's a 大混乱/混沌とした scene, wi th 破片 everywhere and the takeaway 労働者 cowering in shock

Simon, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, was standing at the restaurant 反対する waiting to be served along with a housemate when the car 衝突,墜落d into him. The driver was later locked up after admitting drink-運動ing.

Simon said: ‘It is a good 職業 it was 逮捕(する)d on CCTV because the whole thing was incredible. There was not much I could do about it.’
Simon Halford-Thompson recovering at home

Simon was lucky not to lose the use of his 脚s after they were 粉々にするd in the 事故, but he's now on the mend and making a good 回復 at home

Simon, who was in 中国 teaching English as a foreign language at the time of the 出来事/事件 in January 2012, was in hospital for seven months.

He had a cage surrounding his 脚s, which were held together with metal 棒s and plates.

打ち勝つing the 外傷/ショック, Simon was 決定するd to get 支援する on his feet and playing football.?


Simon Halford-Thompson

Simon spent seven months in hospital after the 事故, with metal 棒s and plates 持つ/拘留するing his 脚s together

He said: ‘The care I had was excellent. They said I might have problems when I am older, but the 操作/手術s seem to have gone okay.

‘There was some 苦悩 when one doctor 示唆するd the 底(に届く) of one of my 脚s might have to be amputated.

‘There was never too much worry about me 存在 able to walk again. I took the 見解(をとる) the 事故 had happened so there was not much I could do and there was no use moping around.’

Simon said: ‘I had lots of support from friends in 中国. My mum and sister 手配中の,お尋ね者 to come out to see me straight away but I thought it was better for them to wait until I got out of hospital.

‘When I got out it was fantastic to see them. I did not want to leave 中国. I did not want the experience to blight the 広大な/多数の/重要な time I had there. I was only going to leave on my 条件.’

The drink-driver was locked up for three months after admitting the offence, which was 述べるd as ‘stupid and negligent but not 審議する/熟考する’.

The front of the McDonald's where the shocking accident happened

The 前線 of the McDonald's where the shocking 事故 happened

Simon is now 目的(とする)ing to get a teaching 職業 in Europe.

He has enjoyed playing cricket since he returned home and is also 熱心に に引き続いて his favourite football team, Manchester 部隊d.

He said: ‘I want to thank my family and friends for their support.’

Simon is a 卒業生(する) of the University of 物陰/風下d, where he 熟考する/考慮するd international history and politics.

He said his 目的(とする) to teach English as a foreign language was a way to see the world.

In 中国, he first taught in Sichuan 近づく the Tibetan 国境 before moving to Jiangsu in the east of the country. He had taught at the school for about three months before the 衝突,墜落.
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