UK dancer who lost leg after being hit by lorry returns university less than six months later

A dancer had to have his leg amputated after he was run over by a rubbish truck while he was skateboarding to university.

Sean Jerome, 21, who is studying performing arts at Brighton Academy, was on his way to a seminar when he collided with a rubbish truck.

The 46 tonne lorry ran over Sean's right leg, and he was rushed to Royal Sussex Hospital, where surgeons desperately tried to save his leg.

But the trauma was too severe, and within 48 hours of the collision he was taken to the operation theatre for amputation below the knee.

Four and a half months on, Sean is already back at university, keen not to fall behind on his studies.

"One minute I was cursing through Brighton looking forward to my dance seminar, the next I was on the floor looking down at my mangled leg.

"I remember briefly seeing my injury, and my tibia and fibula were sticking out my shin."