A MOTHER who nearly died in a motorbike crash has relived the incident in air ambulance footage which is due to be broadcast on TV next week.

Motorcyclist, Joanne Weatherill, 43, said seeing the footage of the incident on July 5, 2014, made her realise how lucky she and her 15-year-old daughter, Phoebe Coates, were to be alive.

The pair, from Mordon, near Sedgefield, County Durham, will feature in the second episode of the new Sky television series, Air Ambulance ER, which is due to be aired on Tuesday night (January 13).

The episode shows how the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) came to their aid after they were seriously injured on their way back from a trip to Seal Sands, when a car pulled out in front of her.

Ms Weatherill suffered a bleed to the brain, four broken ribs, a broken thumb and a crushed hand which was left “hanging off” while Miss Coates, broke her arm and had a hairline fracture to her pelvis.

The pair spent a week in hospital and are still recovering now as Ms Weatherill is on morphine.

Talking about seeing the footage, Ms Weatherill said: “It was quite weird because the woman from Sky came and showed me it and my friend was there and they were both expecting me to be really tearful and told me to get tissues but it was totally the opposite because I don’t remember any of it.

“It was just like watching somebody else but the night before the lady came to show me, I was crying and had hit rock bottom, so when I saw the film it totally switched the switch from off to on.

“I have never had a down day since because it showed me how lucky I am and how lucky my daughter is and what a great job those guys do.”

Ms Weatherill has since written to GNAAS and even offered up her back garden if they ever need a landing spot to say thank you.

A GNAAS spokesman said: “It’s great to hear that Joanne is on the mend after a traumatic and incredibly painful injury.

“This incident could quite easily have been a lot worse and we are just pleased to have been able to help.

He added: “Due to aviation regulations, we are probably not able to accept her kind gesture of using her back garden as a future landing spot, although we very much appreciate the offer.”