A Scots dad ended up losing his leg after he bravely tried to stop the driver of a quad bike being injured. Simon Hall, 48, was on holiday with his family in the Highlands when the accident happened while he was a passenger in the bike. He realised it was going too fast down a hill and put his foot down to try to stop the vehicle "because the driver wasn't braking in time.
" "I kind of took the decision that I'd rather get hurt than two of us get hurt," said Mr Hall, who is from Cumbernauld and has three grown-up sons. "My foot got stuck and I had to pull out between the rock and the quad bike. I felt my leg snap and it was flapping and I thought I'd lost my leg then.
" Simon now volunteers at University Hospital Wishaw where he supports other amputees (Image: NHS Lanarkshire) He was airlifted from Fort William to a Glasgow hospital after the accident in July 2012 where surgeons managed to save his leg. However, complications occurred and three years later he agreed to have the limb amputated because of the "horrendous" pain he was suffering. "It was a condition called chronic regional pain syndrome and my leg was starting going black," said Mr Hall, who was forced to give up his job as a pastry chef.
"I had no life, I couldn't do anything, I couldn't go anywhere. “I had my operation in the December and was told I would be in over Christmas. "I woke up after my operation needing the toilet.
I got up straight away with my sticks and went straight the toilet. And I remember the.