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Medway City Estate crash victim Joshua Lee, 19, from Meopham returns to scene of crash which injured 15

17:00, 03 October 2016

Looking at the small gap between a traffic cone and a barrier where he laid trapped for an hour, brought back no memories for Joshua Lee when he returned to the scene of the crash this afternoon.

The 19-year-old was one of 15 people injured when a Mini collided with a group of people standing on the Medway City Estate on Friday night.

"I think I came off the luckiest of those under the car," he said. "I don't know how I only hurt my shoulder."

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Josh Lee, 19, at the scene of the accident
Josh Lee, 19, at the scene of the accident

He had severe concussion and displaced the AC joint in his shoulder, leaving him in a sling.

"My mate just got a new car on Friday and he wanted to come down and show it off. We were just going to park up and talk to people," he said.

"We met in the car park near Nev's Cafe after work on Friday. I don't remember anything after that, that's where my memory cuts out."

The car crashed into a group of bystanders. Picture: @Kent_999s
The car crashed into a group of bystanders. Picture: @Kent_999s

The MidKent College student said: "There was a crowd of people there already, people started walking around chatting, looking at each others cars.

"I was talking to my friend and was hit from behind, he was hit from the front. My other friend pushed his girlfriend and little brother out of the way.

"The car ended up on top of me and two other people. A group of the public came and picked up the car and pulled us out. At that point I apparently said 'Can you not pull me by me left arm?' because it was hurting.

VIDEO: Joshua speaks out about the crash.

"Someone ended up on top of me and we were lying in a pool of oil. I had to wait and keep really still until the paramedics finished treating the guy on top of me - his legs were mangled."

While he was lying there, Joshua rang home and his mum rushed to be with him. He was the first to arrive at Medway Maritime Hospital and was on his way home to Meopham by the early hours of the Saturday morning.

He is unable to go to work as an apprentice electrician for Cousins based on the estate, drive his car or go to hockey training - something he usually does three times a week.

Bystanders console each other after the crash. Picture: FameFlynet
Bystanders console each other after the crash. Picture: FameFlynet

Although he has gone to other car meets, it was the first time the Joshua had come to the estate with his friends in the evening and he said if he had known there was a dispersal order he would never have come.

"If I'd been stopped and not allowed on the estate for 24 hours, I wouldn't have been able to get to work.

"Normally they are quite well organised with set places to park, set places to stand. We all just like cars, it's not about racing. I don't think I'd have come if I'd known what it would be like."

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