A British holidaymaker is lucky to be alive after being thrown over an 870ft cliff in a crash. Bryony Fitzpatrick was flung from an open-top Land Rover on a safari tour after it slewed off the road, hit a tree and her seatbelt popped open. Miraculously, trees broke her terrifying fall on to rocks but others on the trip in Turkey were convinced she was dead. The 21-year-old lay in agony, terrified she had broken her back, but managed to summon enough energy to scream for help, which only arrived two hours later. The shop worker suffered internal bleeding from chest injuries and spent four days in a intensive care unit in Turkey. Bryony, still black and blue from her near-death experience on April 10, is recovering at her home in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, where she lives with her mum, Sian, 54.
But she is still haunted by how her week-long sunshine break in Izmir with boyfriend Jamie Ingledew, 21, and his family, ended in horror. She told the Sunday People: “I was excited for the holiday of my dreams with my boyfriend, but instead it descended into a nightmare. “I have a clear memory of being flung out of the 4x4. I felt my body in free fall and was certain that when I hit the bottom I would be dead. “It was the most terrifying experiences of my life, and I’m lucky to be alive.” Bryony, Jamie and his family were six of the eight tourists in the back of the Land Rover on the £20-a-head day trip in the mountains around the resort. Bryony is convinced the driver was texting on his phone when he lost control.
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