A mother-of-one suffered four strokes, had an emergency blood transfusion and ‘died twice’ after swerving off the road in a horror crash.
Clarice Cameron, 24, was on the way to a friend’s home when she allegedly was ‘run off the road’ by another driver going the wrong way on May 20, 2025.
The former carer says she swerved off the road near Canterbury, Kent, in a bid to avoid another motorist and was left with horrifying injuries.
The mother-of-one had a broken neck, leg, arm, ankle, foot, pelvis, crushed ribs, as well as lacerations to her liver, kidney and heart.
She also suffered four strokes and required an emergency blood transfusion on the roadside before being hospitalised and put into an induced coma for seven weeks.
Clarice’s family was told the brain damage she sustained was ‘devastating’ and would likely have a life-long impact – but she defied the odds with her recovery.
And it was her iPhone that detected she had been involved in a crash and notified emergency services, who found her unconscious in her car.
‘I think my phone saved my life. I could’ve been lying there for hours if they hadn’t called the police,’ she said.
After being in a coma for two months, the 24-year-old underwent intense physiotherapy where she learnt how to walk and talk again.
Clarice Cameron, 24, was on the way to a friend’s home when she allegedly was ‘run off the road’ by another driver going the wrong way on May 20, 2025
The former carer says she swerved off the road near Canterbury, Kent, in a bid to avoid the motorist and was left with horrifying injuries
Describing that fateful night, Clarice shared that she was travelling to her best friend to take her and her ‘really poorly’ child to the hospital.
‘As I was going over the bridge, I saw headlights coming towards me so fast,’ she said.
‘It all happened so quickly,’ she added as she detailed an alleged motorist driving towards her ‘head on’.
‘I had to swerve out of the way, but it was so close to me before I could swerve. I remember knowing I had crashed, and I was in pain.
‘It wasn’t until after that people told me I had hit a tree. All I know is that they didn’t stop,’ she claimed.
‘My phone detected that I had had a collision and called the emergency services. That rang 999 for me.
‘I easily could’ve died. When I did come around, I was told I’d never live independently again or look after my little girl,’ she added.
‘It’s completely changed my life. I’ll never be the same again.’
She later underwent a tracheostomy as well as nine surgeries to treat her extensive injuries and has been left with paralysis on her right side.
After five months in hospital, Clarice was discharged home, but she has been left ‘heartbroken’ after the police probe came to a screeching halt.
The mother-of-one had a broken neck, leg, arm, ankle, foot, pelvis, crushed ribs, as well as lacerations to her liver, kidney and heart
Pictured: A scan of Clarice’s crushed pelvis following the horror car crash
‘It was absolutely heartbreaking. I didn’t understand how there was no evidence of another driver being there,’ she said.
‘My life has done a complete 180. I can’t do the things I used to do with my little girl. I missed my daughter’s first birthday, her first steps, her first proper sentence.
‘It’s been a living hell. I wouldn’t wish this on anybody.’
Police Sergeant Chris Wade of Kent Police said: ‘Our patrols were called to a serious collision in Sandpit Hill, Chislet, at 10:55pm on Tuesday 20 May 2025.
‘A white VW Golf was travelling from Upstreet towards Chislet, when it left the road on the offside of the carriageway, partly entered a ditch and struck a tree. Emergency services attended the scene and the driver, a woman in her 20s, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries.
‘Our Serious Collision Investigation Unit completed comprehensive enquiries into the incident including a forensic examination at the scene. An appeal for witnesses, dashcam and CCTV footage was also issued.
‘Nobody was arrested in connection with the investigation and no evidence was gained that identified any other vehicles involved in the collision. The investigation has now concluded but any new information received by Kent Police will be reviewed.’
