‘Miracles do happen’: Bank worker, 20, who survived horror car crash that left her trapped with bodies of her three dead pals for almost 48 HOURS is ‘awake and talking’, mother says
- Three were killed in the horror crash on the way to a Newport nightclub in March
- Sophie Russon required life-saving surgery after breaking her skull in the crash
A bank worker who survived a horror crash in Cardiff, suspended upside down in the wreckage for two days, is recovering well according to the family.
Sophie Russon, 20, was left ‘unrecognisable’ from her injuries, requiring life-saving surgery after fracturing her skull in the car smash that killed three people.
Sophie is now ‘awake, eating and talking’, according to her mother, barely a month after police found the crashed Volkswagen Tiguan just off the A48 on 6 March.
Anna Certowicz, 42, who has stayed by her daughter’s side, told The Mirror: ‘She will be home before we know it.’
‘Miracles do happen,’ she added.
Anna Certowicz, 42, (pictured with her daughter Sophie Russon, right) said her girl is on the road to recovery following the horror smash
Sophie Russon, 20, was sedated in hospital after going through life-saving surgery after fracturing her skull in the crash, which led to a bleed on her brain
Sophie and co-passenger Shane Loughlin, 32, were stuck in the car for two days after it crashed on the way to a Newport nightclub that Friday night.
The group were believed to have crashed into trees while driving from Cardiff back to Newport, where the women lived.
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They veered off the A48 in the St Mellons area of Cardiff and were not found until Monday.
Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were found to have died in the accident.
Sophie and Shane were left critically injured in the upturned car for 46 hours until police found the wreckage.
Mother-of-three Ms Certowicz was one of 200 people out searching for the five adults.
She revealed that her daughter was ‘conscious some of the time’ in the car after it ran off the A48 in Cardiff and had ‘called out but no one was close enough to hear her.’
Her daughter has been treated with Shane at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
Sophie was sedated after having panic attacks through the night.
Ms Cerowicz told The Mirror that Sophie was now up reading well-wishing Facebook posts, and thanked those who took the time to send kind messages.
She previously told the Daily Mail: ‘I feel terrible for the families of Eve and Darcy, they were all best friends and had known each other since they were small’.
She added the only people who knew what happened were her daughter and the other survivor Mr Loughlin, who only met the girls for the first time on Friday night.
She said her daughter was ‘cold, scared stiff, not able to reach her mobile phone’ while stuck in the ruined car.
Ms Certowicz said she first called police at noon on Saturday when her daughter did not return from the night out.
Gwent Police reportedly told her not to worry and said that her daughter was probably still out partying.
Just after 11pm on Sunday, the service put out their own public appeal.
Sophie was found on Monday and cut out of the VW Tiguan where she had spent two days alongside her dead friends.
Ms Smith and Mr Jeane died in the crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Sophie’s mother said the only people who knew what happened were her daughter and the other survivor, Mr Loughlin.
Eve Smith, 21, Darcy Ross, 21, and Sophie Russon, 20, met Rafel Jeanne, 24, and Shane Loughlin, 32, at a club in Newport
Floral tributes left near the scene in the St Mellons area of Cardiff where three people who disappeared on a night out died in a road traffic accident
Assistant Chief Constable Jason Davies, of South Wales Police, previously said: ‘Our thoughts are with the families of all those affected by this tragic incident.
‘Specialist officers are carrying out an investigation to piece together what has happened.
‘Family liaison officers are supporting the families involved at what must be a hugely difficult time for them.
‘To ensure independent oversight, South Wales Police has referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, as is usual in these circumstances.’
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