Mum's warning as girl, 3, suffers bleed on brain after falling from scooter

A three-year-old girl suffered a bleed on the brain after falling from her scooter while not wearing a helmet.

Robyn McAreavey's mum said the youngster is 'lucky to be alive' after the fall, the Liverpool Echo reports. She was left with multiple fractures to her skull, cheek bone and nose, as well as a bad black eye and air on the brain.

Her family, from Belfast, realised her injuries were serious when she started vomiting after the fall. In a bid to raise awareness, they are sharing Robyn's story and appealing for other parents and carers to make sure their child wears a helmet.

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Speaking to Belfast Live, Robyn's mum Lindsey said: "We were at our caravan on Saturday and there there is a bit of a hill. The road is new so it's really smooth, so all the kids were going down it on their scooters.

"We think Robyn has just hit a stone or a different part of the road and come off her scooter. At first, we thought she had maybe hit her eye, but about 15 minutes later she started to vomit. Then she had a nose bleed so we took her straight to Antrim Area Hospital.

"Looking at her, you would have thought she just hit her eye but because of the vomiting, she ticked the boxes to get a CT scan. When the doctors and nurses came back, they were shocked at the amount of fractures she suffered.

"She didn't even hit her eye, she had hit the back of her head. She has multiple fractures in her skull and a very bad fracture behind her eye socket which is leaving a gap between her brain. They are afraid of any infection because air has got in, which shouldn't be there.

"Robyn also has a small bleed to the brain.