April 30, 2015
Twelve years ago, Alice Greenup was gravely injured after she fell from a horse on her grazing property at Ironpot.
She had been mustering cattle with her husband Rick when the horse suddenly reared up and bucked her off.
The horse kicked Alice in the neck and chest with its back legs while she was in the air, slamming her to the ground.
Her head took the brunt of the impact.
“Searing pain engulfed my body. I couldn’t move my head – it felt like it was bolted to the earth,” Alice said.
Rick recalls seeing Alice hit the ground and feared the worst but was forced to leave her lying alone while he desperately rode several kilometres for help.
A RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter was called in to urgently airlift Alice to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
She had suffered horrific injuries including bleeding on the brain, a ruptured liver and broken ribs.
Alice also had double vision for months.
Remarkably, Alice not only survived the terrifying horse fall, but published her first book in 2013, a memoir entitled “Educating Alice”.
Alice will be sharing her incredible story of survival at the ninth annual CareFlight Gala Ball in Toowoomba on Saturday, May 30.
- Related article: Alice Graduates As An Author
