A mum has issued an urgent child car seat warning after claiming her son could have been "internally decapitated" in a crash.
Cara Steele was making her way home with Albie, who is 18 months old, when a pick-up truck hit her car from behind, crushing the boot of her car.
Albie was deemed fit by the paramedics and although Cara needed an X-ray on her spine and shoulder, it showed no fractures.
However, Cara fears Albie's injuries could have been a lot worse if he had been in a front-facing car seat.
Cara, from Stockport, says a paramedic and a traffic officer warned that if Albie had not been rear facing, he could of suffered a severe spinal injury or even internal decapitation.
Internal decapitation where the spinal cord is severed from the force of the impact. Only 30% of cases do not result in immediate death.
The mum-of-one, shared photos of the crash as a warning to other parents to keep their little ones in rear facing car seats until they reach the recommended 25kg, or 55lb - up to around six years old, reports the MEN.
In her post, which has been shared thousands of times, Cara said: "If this makes one person consider extended rear facing, or turning their child back to rear facing then my story has helped somebody.
"Albie is only 18 months old but he will rear face until he’s 25kg. There’s so much information out there about the benefits of rear facing, I only ask that people educate themselves with it."
