"The race I was meant to run"
The words of Kinsale woman Olivia Keating who is taking her place on the starting line of the Cork City Marathon today on the sixth anniversary of being a hit and run victim which nearly cost her, her life
Olivia was training for the marathon in June 2016 when she was struck from behind by a car which failed to remain at the scene
A passer-by found her in the ditch and raised the alarm and emergency Consultant Dr Jason Van Der Velde was the first responder on the scene
He had to use a ventilator on the side of the road to stabilise her before she was transferred to CUH with life threatening injuries
Olivia went through a long rehab process but today she is running the marathon with Dr Van Der Velde - the man she says saved her life
Speaking to RedFM News, Olivia says she feels honoured to take her place in this year's marathon along with raising funds for the West Cork Rapid Response.
Details of the GoFundMe campaign are available on the news section of the RedFM website.
