Juanita Orr (main picture and inset), whose lower right leg had to be amputated after it was pinned for three hours under the wreckage, plans to get a prosthetic leg.
Camera IconJuanita Orr (main picture and inset), whose lower right leg had to be amputated after it was pinned for three hours under the wreckage, plans to get a prosthetic leg. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

Injured Mandurah mums on the long road to recovery

Vanessa SchmittMandurah Coastal Times

Juanita Orr and her friend Chloe Bolwell were injured in the crash in Lucky Bay. They fell 20m on a razor back dune.

Ms Orr’s leg was crushed under the bike during a three-hour wait for help to arrive.

Ms Bolwell fractured her back in six places.

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Doctors did everything possible to save Ms Orr’s right leg, but there was a risk of infection. Her lower right leg had to be amputated.

Ms Orr now uses a wheelchair and plans to get a prosthetic leg.

She has two children and two stepchildren. Her partner had to stop work to care for their family full-time.

Friends have set up a Gofundme page to help with the financial costs of Ms Orr’s rehabilitation.

Visit www.gofundme.com/winnies-recovery-fund.

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