Northamptonshire family walk for charity that saved relative's life

The friends and family of Kiri-Anne Hossain-Reid have so far raised £4,790

The family and friends of a woman left with brain damage after being struck by a dangerous driver have been raising funds for the charity that saved her.

A car being driven on the wrong side of the road hit Kiri-Anne Hossain-Reid on Towcester Road, Northampton, in 2022.

"TeamKiri" plan to undertake a 20-mile (32km) walk for Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA).

Nicola Cole said she was "forever grateful" for the care Kiri-Anne received.

Kiri-Anne Hossain-Reid was hit by a car on the wrong side of the road in June 2022

Ms Cole said: "We are taking part in the 20-mile walk to raise vital funds to support the WNAA after they helped to save my beautiful cousin's life.

"We are forever grateful for them getting to her so quickly and getting her the care she so desperately needed."

She said the group will also walk for "my wonderful friend's husband, Ashley, after he suffered a cardiac arrest at home, but sadly after doing everything they could, he couldn't be saved".

The walk on Sunday will be to remember Ashley and "honour Kiri-Anne".

"We are so lucky to have this vital service and we never know when we might need them," she said.

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Ms Hossain-Reid was injured in 2022, when she was 25. She now lives in a specialist brain-injury unit.

Karen Hughes, from the WNAA, said: "We would like to say a big thank you to everyone involved in TeamKiri for raising vital funds to support our charity.

"The charity relies on generous donations from wonderful people such as TeamKiri for our life-saving missions.

"Without support from the local community and businesses we wouldn't be able to continue to provide pre-hospital critical care to those who need it most, like Kiri."