Doctors treating a four-year-old boy who survived a speedboat accident that killed his father and sister are understood to have saved his leg.
Kit Milligan and his mother Victoria were said to have been left with “life-changing injuries” after the boat spiralled out of control near Padstow, Cornwall, killing his father, Sky Media executive Nick, 51, and sister Emily, eight.
But it is believed that doctors have managed to save Kit’s leg, despite the earlier prognosis. “The artery was not cut so they were able to put pins in it,” a family friend told The Daily Telegraph.
Mrs Milligan, 39, has had one of her legs amputated below the knee, but according to the friend doctors “may have to take more off”.
The couple’s two other daughters Amber, 12, and Olivia, 10, escaped relatively unscathed.
The family, from Wandsworth, were spending the weekend at their holiday home in Trebetherick when the accident took place just before 4pm on Sunday.
It comes as Charlie Toogood, 32, who was hailed a hero after he risked his own life to jump into the boat to turn off its engine and prevent further harm, spoke for the first time.
In a statement released through the RNLI, he said: “There were many ‘heroes’ in this tragic incident all of whom did a remarkable job in difficult circumstances.
“However, now is a time solely to reflect on the bereaved and injured family members and their wider family and friends.
“My thoughts are with all of them and will be for a long time to come. I have nothing more to add to this and would hope that our community can now be left to deal with this tragedy in our own way and in peace and quiet.”
