An armchair fell on him, he was saved but he saw hell: “I can’t sit down”

You could say it was a happy tragedy, but the days that this Englishwoman lives after falling from an armchair on her head are far from pleasant. Now they have placed a metal plate in the spine and he suffers from all the pains that prevent him from working.

Edita Butkeviciute, a 31-year-old Lithuanian living in England at the time of the accident, was struck by the wheelchair in December 2019, as she was leaving the premises where she was working, to make a phone call during her lunch break . The chair was thrown from a terrace by a couple who did not see that it was on the sidewalk. After the brutal incident, 40 minutes passed until a neighbor heard the calls for help and came to her aid.

“I remember when I woke up I screamed very loudly for help and started to feel cold. I couldn’t move. I am very happy to be alive. I’m very lucky to be alive», Explained the young woman. A judicial official confirmed to the Mirror that Barrie Law, 27, and Lee Morrison, 33, admitted their guilty and reckless behavior by throwing the sofa.

The man who helped Butkeviciute told the Daily check-in: “I heard a girl screaming so I called 999. I must have told them three times that an armchair had fallen on her because they could hardly believe it. People were bringing him blankets and we moved the containers out of the backyard so the ambulance could get in easily. “

In a statement released by Digby Brown Solicitors, the young Lithuanian national said: “It has been over a year since my injuries and I still have metal patches on my spine. It hurts every day, I can’t sit for more than 40 minutes and I can’t go back to work ”.

Regarding those in charge of his stadium, he said: “I am happy that these two men have admitted what happened so that other people can learn an important lesson because you cannot throw things out the windows. ; people can be seriously injured and what happened to me proves it ”.

In conclusion, he thanked the support received and the expressions of affection that have multiplied, after his case has transcended. “My sister-in-law and best friend have helped me a lot and I’m grateful for their support, but now I would like my privacy to be respected so that I can focus on my physical recovery,” he said. she declared.

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