‘Bottle kicking trampling left me unable to walk’

A woman says she has been left unable to walk after she was accidentally trampled by players participating in an annual Easter Monday tradition.
Alexie Winship said she was among spectators watching the Hallaton bottle kicking event in Leicestershire, where players attempt to wrestle wood kegs through a field to win.
The 23-year-old was caught up in a scrum and seriously injured. At hospital, she was found to have suffered a neurological injury and a bleed on her spine, which has left her without most feeling below her waist.
Ms Winship, who remains in hospital, said she could not remember much of what happened.
“I was on the outskirts [of the players], just watching when a beer keg came flying out in my direction,” Ms Winship said.

Source: BBC | Language: English