Stafford woman rebuilding her life after hit and run horror

A Stafford woman is rebuilding her life after a hit and run left her with devastating injuries and changed her life in a matter of seconds.

Maggie, who runs The Tudor House Holistic Centre in Stafford, was seriously injured on 3 April 2025 after a collision at the Texaco service station on Lammascote Road. Staffordshire Police said at the time that officers were called at around 12 noon, and that the woman, aged in her 60s, was taken to hospital by air ambulance with life threatening injuries.

When I visited Maggie this week, she described the scale of what she has been through since that day. Her injuries included a ruptured spleen, two broken shoulders, two broken hips, 11 broken ribs, two punctured lungs, injuries to her upper arms, and damage to her T1 to T5 spine.

“I need to tell Freddie I went in a helicopter”

Some of the smallest details have stayed with her.

In the weeks before the collision, Maggie had been playing with her grandson Freddie and his toy helicopter. She had joked that she had not been in a helicopter herself.

Then, after the collision, she was airlifted to hospital. In that moment, one of the thoughts that stayed with her was that she needed to tell Freddie that she really had been in a helicopter after all.

It is a tiny memory, but it says a lot about the human side of what happened. In the middle of major trauma, with her life hanging in the balance, her mind still went to family.

The people who stopped to help

Maggie also wanted to thank the people who were there for her in the first moments after the collision.

She said a homeless man came straight over to help her at the scene. She also said a nurse called Mandy stopped to assist.

Maggie also spoke warmly about the paramedic who helped calm her down, saying mindfulness breathing helped her through those first terrifying moments.

Weeks in intensive care

After being taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital, Maggie spent six weeks in intensive care. She later spent time on Ward 227 before eventually being transferred to Stafford.

She is also having CBT therapy to help her remember and process what happened.

Back at work and rebuilding life

Although Maggie says she is not fully herself yet, her progress has already been remarkable.

She is now able to walk independently, go up and down stairs, and has already returned to work at The Tudor House Holistic Centre in Stafford.

As well as being back at work, she is also able to teach classes and carry out treatments including reiki, showing just how far she has come since the collision.

That does not mean recovery is over. But it does mean this is not only a story about survival. It is also a story about determination, resilience, and slowly reclaiming everyday life.

Fundraising on her birthday

Rather than letting the date pass quietly, Maggie is now using her birthday to raise money for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

Given the role the air ambulance played in getting her to hospital, it is a cause that now feels deeply personal.

Her Stafford business

Maggie runs The Tudor House Holistic Centre in Stafford, a venue offering therapies, counselling, workshops, spiritual classes and rooms for hire.

Business details:

Website: https://tudorhouseholisticcentre.co.uk/

Facebook: The Tudor House Holistic Centre

Phone: 07825 285688

Email: maggie.jennings@ntlworld.com

What police said at the time

Staffordshire Police said a man was arrested shortly after the collision as enquiries continued.

For Maggie, though, the biggest part of this story is not just what happened that day. It is everything that has come after it.

A normal day turned into a life changing one. Now, months on, she is still moving forward, and already helping others again as she rebuilds her own life.