'Everything inside me ruptured in the horrific crash that killed my dad... then I had to make a decision'

Bethany Lee broke both her femurs and had extensive internal injuries when the car she was in was hit from behind by a van in a nightmarish motorway crash. Bethany endured months of hospital treatment and surgeries – even spending Christmas and her 21^st birthday in hospital.

Bethany was left completely bed-bound and in hospital for three months. “I broke both my femurs and basically everything inside me ruptured – so I had really long surgeries and lots of them. I was always in and out of theatre while they were trying to fix everything," she explained.

But even more devastating for Bethany was losing her dad, who died in the tragic crash on the M60. Peter Lee was the club photographer at Radcliffe Borough FC, and was among seven Radcliffe fans and staff members driving back from a Lancashire Cup game at Ashton Athletic when the crash involving a Ford Transit van, a silver Toyota Avensis people carrier and a black BMW 1 series, took place near junction 16 in Salford at about 10.25pm on December 4, 2018.

Almost five years on, however, Bethany has made an incredible recovery - and wants to honour the NHS staff who never gave up on her dream to walk again. Not only is she raising money for them, she has changed careers to become one of them.

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Peter’s partner and mother to his two children, Lorraine, previously told the Manchester Evening News: “Peter Lee was a lovely, lovely dad and partner. He was my best friend and a super loving dad to Bethany and Jasmine. “Peter was so kind and he would any anything for anybody. He was a family man first and