A MOTHER of six has been left "traumatised" after she was injured in a horror crash with a stolen car.

Christina Brown, aged 37, was in the car with her husband Matthew as he drove through Bury on Sunday, when their Renault Clio was hit from behind, in Victoria Street near Lidl.

The impact was so severe it set off the car's airbags and caused extensive damage to the rear of the Brown's car.

Mrs Brown suffered head injuries and chest pains as a result of the crash, and required hospital treatment.

Mr Brown also suffered whiplash and back pains.
None of Mrs Brown's children were in the car at the time of the crash.

The car which collided with the Renault was driven off and is understood to have been stolen.

Following the crash, Mrs Brown, who is a learner driver, described  the moment she saw the car exit the Lidl carpark and collide with their car.

She said: "As a learner driver I like to sit in the passenger seat and watch everything.

"I heard revving in the carpark and I saw the car speed off. Then instead of slowing down and stopping he hit the back of our car. 

"He hit us so hard that the airbags went off and the whole rear of the car has come off.

"There were two eyewitnesses and they said that our car span three times.

"Luckily I don't have any broken bones but I have got head injuries."

Mrs Brown added that due to a pre-existing cyst, any kind of bump she suffers from leads to excruciating head pain, meaning that the crash left her unable to move.

Following the crash Mrs Brown was cared for at the scene by the two eyewitnesses before her sister, Linda Richard, who is trained in first aid came to help.

Ms Richard warned Mrs Brown not to move due to her chest and head pains.

Firefighters then had to free Mrs Brown from the Renault using heavy cutting equipment, and she was taken to Salford Royal Hospital in an ambulance. 

She has since been discharged, however she has been left unable to work for at least one week.

The incident has also left her distressed and afraid to drive, and is doubly traumatising as Mrs Brown's eldest daughter was injured in a crash last October and is still dealing with the impact of her injuries.  

Mrs Brown said: "This has proper traumatised me. I'm petrified of going in the car now.

"My learning has gone out of the window because I don't want to learn now. I have decided I prefer to walk, when I'm brave enough to go out of the door."