An island woman broke her back after her car crashed on icy roads.
Abigail Coleman was trapped in the smashed 2010 plate Toyota Rav4 for 30 minutes after it slid off the road at Garryhallie, South Uist last Monday.
The car ended up mangled after rolling into a garden. Fire crews had to break the windscreen to get the casualty out.
Driver breaks back after crash on icy road
8 March 2015
The driver was trapped inside the mangled vehicle
She was taken to hospital in Balivanich and later flown by air ambulance to Stornoway.
Ms Coleman has now returned to the Benbecula hospital. Medics instructed she requires two weeks full bed rest without movement until a back brace is fitted.
The 20-
She said: “I was lucky to get out as the fire brigade had to cut the windscreen out of the car.”
She added: “From what I was told after the accident there was oil on the road as well as the roads not being gritted.”