A woman almost lost her foot after it was impaled by a metal moped side stand in a crash - leaving her bone exposed - while riding a moped in Bali in flipflops. Angel Willows, 28, was in Indonesia with her cousin when they crashed after hitting a pothole. They hit the concrete road and Angel was left with the combined weight of the scooter and her cousin on top of her.
The metal bike pierced through her left foot. Angel was rushed to a nearby hospital in agony but claims her cousin - who is a nurse - had to inform hospital staff the wound needed washing before being stitched up. Angel had stitches but claims they weren't done properly and her foot continued to bleed heavily - before starting to turn yellow.
After she had it redressed by a chemist, her cousin suggested she get her injuries seen by doctors in Australia - where they still had days left on their visa. Upon landing in Sydney, Australia, three days after the accident, doctors told Angel her foot was badly infected and she could have lost it due to the poor stitches. She underwent three wash-out surgeries to clean the wound while doctors waited to see if it would start to heal.
But the wound continued to worsen - with her skin turning black and yellow - and doctors were forced to remove all the dying skin before taking skin tissue from Angel's groin in a skin flap surgery. After a month in hospital, Angel was discharged and is recovering in Australia - and has vowed to only wear trainers on bikes from now on. Angel,.