![]() ![]() Her family complained to staff members two weeks after the incident and then dealt with Thorpe Park's legal team, Chubb. She said doctors reckon it will take another year for her pain to ease, but she fears she may never fully recover. Miss Napolitano has had nerve treatment in an attempt to desensitise the damaged nerves and still has electronic shock treatment on her leg every nine months. I have got permanent pain and swelling caused by the trauma of being crushed.' 'All of my nerves are exceptionally damaged. I have no idea if it will ever get better. 'I ended up not having a social life because I didn't want to leave the house. I begged my mum not to take me to school because I hated how I looked. 'I gained weight and lost a lot of confidence. I used to play sport four or five times a week. She said: 'I was such a happy kid at school and I loved being active. She used to play competitive football, but since the accident hasn't been able to do any exercise and developed chronic anxiety, PTSD and depression, she said She has had cognitive behavioural therapy to help her overcome anxiety which she said developed because she was ashamed of her new appearance.Īnd she said she once begged her mum not to take her to school because she felt ashamed of her appearance, after putting on weight. She used to play competitive football, but since the accident hasn't been able to do any exercise and developed chronic anxiety, PTSD and depression, she said. She was due to start a college course, but pulled out due to social anxiety and self-confidence issues. It has left me absolutely devastated and still affects my life now.'įollowing the accident, Miss Napolitano missed classes and didn't go to university as she had hoped. It's a stupid injury that has ruined my teenage years. Miss Napolitano says she still has as an intense, deep, burning sensation just above her left knee cap and experiences sharp pains when walking, which is almost impossible. She was initially diagnosed with a contusion on her left knee and was referred to therapists, then physiotherapists for rehabilitation treatment.Įight months after the incident she was diagnosed with 'hypersensitive knee with deconditioning'. She spent the rest of the school year at home, and attended several physio appointments in a year in the hope of desensitising the pain My mum ended up having to raise her voice to get them to stop the ride. 'The best way to describe it was I was wedged under the bar. 'It was really painful and it made me teary. I sat down and stretched my legs out and they felt really squashed She said: 'I was sat at the front and my mum was sat directly behind me. She said she didn't have time to speak up before being swept along, and the movement saw her get further wedged, with her knees being painfully crushed beneath a metal bar. The teen jumped in the front seat of the log ride and said her legs were 'killing' from the moment she sat down, with her friends and family 'crammed' in behind her. Miss Napolitano was injured while visiting the theme park with her mum Sharon, 45, sister, Jodie, 22, Jodie's boyfriend Jordan Hilliard, 23, and her school friend, Mia Smith, 19, in April 2014. Miss Napolitano piled on more than two stone and developed chronic anxiety, PTSD and depression as a result, and she said can’t use public transport due to a fear of being trapped The family claimed the injury happened after staff crammed too many people on the ride, which permanently shut in February this year. Miss Napolitano piled on more than two stone and developed chronic anxiety, PTSD and depression as a result, and she said can’t use public transport due to a fear of being trapped. Hospital tests showed Miss Napolitano, who was 14 at the time, suffered nerve damage, a swollen knee joint, long-term hypersensitivity and soft tissue damage in her left leg.įor five years since the accident, the once-active teen hasn't been able to play any sport or walk for more than a couple of miles despite years of physiotherapy. The student, from Colchester, says she was left in agony and had to be pulled from the Loggers Leap ride by staff when it came to an end. Leah Napolitano, 19, was at the front of the carriage when she claims the weight of her entire family wedged her knees under the barrier at the theme park in Surrey. Leah Napolitano, 19, was at the front of the carriage when she claims weight of her entire family behind forced her knees under the barrier at Thorpe ParkĪ teenager who has suffered in agony for five years after her legs were crushed in a log flume ride at Thorpe Park has been awarded £20,000 in compensation. ![]()
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