British mother of three (50) dies but suffers life-changing injuries after her car was hit head-on by a vehicle on the wrong side of the road in Alicante

A British mother of three has suffered life-changing injuries after being hit by a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road in Alicante.

Dawn Maher (50) was taken to hospital after a serious accident while traveling to collect her friend from Alicante airport earlier this month.

She collided with a car traveling in the wrong lane of the N332 in oncoming traffic and was taken to Vega Baja Hospital.

The paramedic, originally from Stockport, suffered “numerous fractures and fractures, including her neck, which will be in a brace for months, her left arm and her ribs,” according to a GoFundMe set up by her husband, Stephen, 59 is. .

In addition, Dawn’s legs were broken in several places after the accident, which Stephen said the Spanish police “confirmed that Dawn was an innocent victim.”

The couple moved to Alicante in 2017 after three of their remaining parents died within a year

While she was in critical condition for several days, she is now awake and able to breathe without the help of a ventilator.

“Thank God all her internal organs are fine and her brain is perfectly fine,” Stephen wrote.

Stephen wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday that despite major surgery, she can now wiggle her toes.

Still, he said, he worries about how long her recovery will take.

“We have no idea how long her recovery will take or what her life will be like with the injury to her legs, but we know it will be a long road,” Stephen wrote on the GoFundMe page.

Dawn, a rescue worker, wanted to celebrate her 50th birthday with some childhood friends in Alicante

Stephen and Dawn have so far managed to raise over £10,000 to cover their living costs while Dawn gets better

Her children, including 29-year-old Jake (pictured right), moved to Alicante with their parents

Dawn had just celebrated her 50th birthday and was on her way to pick up a friend from Alicante airport

Dawn can now bounce her toes despite her serious operation in Alicante

Dawn and her family said they know her road to recovery will be long

Stephen and his family, including children Chelsea (31), Jake (29) and Robyn (25) moved to Alicante in 2017 after losing all three remaining parents within a year.

Dawn had planned to celebrate her 50th birthday in the city in south-eastern Spain she had called home for several years and had wanted to invite her childhood friends to a party before her tragic accident.

The GoFundMe they set up to help them with their finances has already surpassed its £10,500 target with the help of 241 supporters.

A generous donor sent the couple £1,000 to help them get over the shock.