A COUNTRYFILE star has opened up on the moment she thought she ‘was going to die’ after a horror accident.
Sammi Kinghorn has spoken honestly about the terrifying ordeal when she was just a teenager.
The presenter was playing on her family farm while her Neil dad was working with a forklift.
But as she was jumping around with her friend and her dad beeped at them, Sammi decided to climb inside the machine.
While her dad was unaware she was inside, he continued to operate the forklift, which he was using to shovel snow.
Sammi told OK!: “To this day, I have no idea why I did it.”
The now 28-year-old initially though her dad was aware she was inside, but after releasing he wasn’t, she “started screaming”.
“I felt my back popping and before I knew it my head was in my crotch. I was crushed right down into a tiny ball.”
The Countryfile star continued: “My heart was thumping in my chest. Everything felt really slow and all I could hear was my breath.
“I remember closing my eyes and thinking, ‘You’re going to die, and your Dad’s going to think it’s his fault’.”
Sammi felt her legs pulse and twitch – which became the last time she ever felt them.
Now a double Paralympic medalist, she was left disabled from the waist down following the horror injury.
The Scottish World Champion wheelchair racer is also a five-time world medalist.
Sammi told Farmers’ Guide how her dad will ‘always feel guilty’ for the accident.
She added: “I compete in stadiums with thousands and thousands of people and I do well, and most importantly I love it, I know that it makes him feel that little bit better.”
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