A TEENAGE girl remains in intensive care this week, following a serious crash on the A31 outside the Bull Inn, Bentley, last Tuesday. Natalie Fisher's father, Martin, this week thanked the people who helped to save his daughter's life following the crash. Mr Fisher said that although Natalie, 18, was still in intensive care, she would have died from the head injuries she sustained if she had not received attention at the scene from members of the public. Following a collision with a Vauxhall Corsa travelling in the opposite direction at about 8pm, the red Peugeot 206 Natalie was a passenger in, flipped onto its roof and skidded across the carriageway before smashing into a telegraph pole. In the Herald last week, an off-duty fireman, from Farnham, described how a bystander had climbed inside the wreckage of the car to comfort a victim. Natalie, who had been in the front passenger seat, was taken out of the vehicle and put into the recovery position before the emergency services arrived. The female driver of the Peugeot and three other female passengers suffered broken limbs and other minor injuries. "I want to thank everyone who was there at the time because these people all helped to save Natalie's life," said Mr Fisher. "Although she is still quite ill, those people at the scene of the crash really helped her." He said that his daughter remained in a very serious, but stable, condition at the neurological intensive care unit at Southampton General Hospital. "She is being very well looked after by an experienced team down there, but there is no question that without the care she was given at the scene, she wouldn't have made it," he said. "We're all being very optimistic and hopefully she'll pull through soon." Four of the girls involved in the incident, including Natalie, who is from Farnham, are friends at Alton College. A 17-year-old girl driving the Corsa was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving and inflicting grievous bodily harm. Police are appealing for witnesses to contact Hampshire police on 0845 045 4545 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
