Mum ‘lucky to be alive’ after being hit by tree trunk in Storm Boelo

Lunn said she had been a keen walker from a young age and valued getting outdoors multiple times a day as a way of managing her ADHD.

On the weekend of her birthday, Lunn was keen to brave the storm for a quick stroll before celebrating with her family in Yorkshire.

“I stuck to the footpaths because of the storm, thinking that I’d be OK. I wasn’t in the woods or anything,” she said.

The mother-of-one was chatting to a friend via her headphones when she heard the tree snap but did not have time to react.

“My teeth shattered together. Then I could just feel the blood dripping down my face. I panicked,” she said, having been knocked to the floor by the impact.

“My AirPods had been knocked out of my ears. I managed to grab my phone and tell my friend ‘how fast can you get to Allestree Park? I need you’.”

She used her fleece sleeve to stop the bleeding and was approached by a woman with a pushchair.

“Had it been 30 seconds previous, it could have got the baby, and to be honest, I am lucky to be here,” said Lunn.

“The paramedics were actually quite worried, especially because my blood pressure was very high. The swelling on my face, the left side of my head is quite bad.”