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| Teen amputee and first aider's bond after crash | Teen amputee and first aider's bond after crash |
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| Jayme Guthrie, left, was one of the first people at the scene of the crash which caused Ted to lose his leg last month | Jayme Guthrie, left, was one of the first people at the scene of the crash which caused Ted to lose his leg last month |
| A teenager who lost his leg in a motorbike crash and the passerby who gave him first aid say they are now friends for life. | A teenager who lost his leg in a motorbike crash and the passerby who gave him first aid say they are now friends for life. |
| Ted, 17, was involved in a crash when he was driving home from his pub job along the A27 near Selmeston, East Sussex. | Ted, 17, was involved in a crash when he was driving home from his pub job along the A27 near Selmeston, East Sussex. |
| Sainsbury's worker Jayme Guthrie, 21, who was one of the first people on the scene on 15 December, spoke to the ambulance on the phone and rang Ted's mum Sasha. | Sainsbury's worker Jayme Guthrie, 21, who was one of the first people on the scene on 15 December, spoke to the ambulance on the phone and rang Ted's mum Sasha. |
| Ted, who lives near Hailsham, spent nearly a month in the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and had to have his left leg amputated up to the knee before returning home on 10 January. | Ted, who lives near Hailsham, spent nearly a month in the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and had to have his left leg amputated up to the knee before returning home on 10 January. |
| Jayme, Ted and his mother Sasha, right | Jayme, Ted and his mother Sasha, right |
| Ted, his family, and Jayme, from Eastbourne, said they now had a bond for life after the crash. | Ted, his family, and Jayme, from Eastbourne, said they now had a bond for life after the crash. |
| "I remember the crash, I was thrown across the road and I just remember lots of pain in my leg. You start to feel a bit sick and want to pass out," Ted told BBC Radio Sussex. | "I remember the crash, I was thrown across the road and I just remember lots of pain in my leg. You start to feel a bit sick and want to pass out," Ted told BBC Radio Sussex. |
| "I had Jayme talking to me and I was focusing on my parents and told her their numbers so she could call them. Everything almost slowed down when the crash happened." | "I had Jayme talking to me and I was focusing on my parents and told her their numbers so she could call them. Everything almost slowed down when the crash happened." |
| Ted's mother Sasha, 50, was at home when she received the call from Jayme. | Ted's mother Sasha, 50, was at home when she received the call from Jayme. |
| She said: "Jayme said she was with my son who had been in an accident. She answered all the questions I wanted to ask before I got the chance to ask which really helped. She said he was awake and okay. | She said: "Jayme said she was with my son who had been in an accident. She answered all the questions I wanted to ask before I got the chance to ask which really helped. She said he was awake and okay. |
| "I took comfort in the fact he was awake." | "I took comfort in the fact he was awake." |
| Jayme said: "I saw the bike scatter across the road, I pulled my car onto the bank and ran over without a second thought. My body moved and my brain followed it. | Jayme said: "I saw the bike scatter across the road, I pulled my car onto the bank and ran over without a second thought. My body moved and my brain followed it. |
| "When he said he was 17, my heart just dropped because I thought 'you're just a kid'. I kept talking to him and called his mum for him. | "When he said he was 17, my heart just dropped because I thought 'you're just a kid'. I kept talking to him and called his mum for him. |
| "He looked up at me when the paramedics arrived and gave me a little wave and smile. The one thing that stuck with me was his absolute bravery and how focused he was able to be." | "He looked up at me when the paramedics arrived and gave me a little wave and smile. The one thing that stuck with me was his absolute bravery and how focused he was able to be." |
| Jayme is running Worthing Half Marathon on 4 May, and some of the proceeds from a fundraiser she has organised will go to a charity of Ted's choice. | |
| He said he wants to support a charity that helps provide people with prosthetic limbs in developing countries. | |
| "On New Year's Eve I visited Ted and his family in the intensive care unit, I said to them at the hospital that I feel tethered to Ted in some way," Jayme added. | "On New Year's Eve I visited Ted and his family in the intensive care unit, I said to them at the hospital that I feel tethered to Ted in some way," Jayme added. |
| "There will always be a relationship there with him and his family. It just goes to show in moments of need, people you don't know can band together." | "There will always be a relationship there with him and his family. It just goes to show in moments of need, people you don't know can band together." |
| Jayme visited Ted in hospital on 31 December | Jayme visited Ted in hospital on 31 December |
| Asked whether the incident has made them friends for life, Jayme said: "I say this to Ted all the time, he's stuck with me now!" | Asked whether the incident has made them friends for life, Jayme said: "I say this to Ted all the time, he's stuck with me now!" |
| Ted said he wanted to go skydiving and take a motorbike trip with his father in the future. | Ted said he wanted to go skydiving and take a motorbike trip with his father in the future. |
| He added: "It's not the end of the world if something like this happens, don't let fear control you. I'm still here, I'm still with my family." | He added: "It's not the end of the world if something like this happens, don't let fear control you. I'm still here, I'm still with my family." |
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