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Major surgery to rebuild Kyden Lovegrove’s leg lasted almost 14 hours and involved a thick flap grafted from his left thigh.
His family was told the driver fell asleep.
The white van shot past the vehicle his grandfather, Murray Annals, was waiting in.
Annals thought Kyden had been killed, but found him sitting up.
“My grandad came running over ... and put his hand tightly around my right leg to stop the blood loss,” Kyden said.
Kyden's leg had muscle torn off and was sticking out at a 90-degree angle, but Annals tried to block his view.
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