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Article: Medics save leg of hero coach driver ; Hero coach driver Andrew Smith today thanked the medical staff who saved his leg and enabled him to walk again following a horror road smash.

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February 19, 2009
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Hero coach driver Andrew Smith today thanked the medical staff who saved his leg and enabled him to walk again following a horror road smash.

Mr Smith, from Stoke, said he is lucky to be alive after his Target Travel coach, carrying warzone-bound Plymouth-based Royal Marines, careered off an ice-covered road and hit a tree at about 50mph near Cheltenham.

He was badly injured and faced having his left leg amputated after it was horrendously crushed.

But staff at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital were able to save his leg by slicing it open from the knee to the ankle - twice.

The two huge incisions released swelling and a second operation was performed to close the wound again.

Mr Smith, aged ...

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