"Sorry you have to watch me die" Scots woman's heartbreaking words to partner after crash

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A woman who suffered serious injuries in a terrifying road crash told her partner she was "sorry he had to watch her die" in the moments after her accident.Sarah Archer, 35, was driving to her home in Dornie in the Highlands on July 30 when she was hit head-on by a camper van travelling at 60mph on the A890.The hotel manager had just picked her car up from its MOT and her partner Innes Watson 38, who was following in his vehicle behind her, watched as the horrifying incident unfolded - before realising Sarah was involved.Innes pulled over and raced to help victims at the scene, then quickly recognised Sarah's wrecked car.The bonnet from her blue Vauxhall was smashed into her windscreen from the impact as debris from both cars lay scattered across the road.Innes said: "I couldn't quite see what was happening when I first pulled up.

There were a lot of people there and someone had called the emergency services."But then I realised one of the car's was Sarah's.

I could see how bad the wreckage was and my first thought was that she might be dead. "Then I saw her lying on the ground. She was in a bad way and she was screaming, but I only felt relief because I knew she was alive."I stayed by her side, but I kept her looking at her injuries.

Time just to seemed to stand still while we waited for help to arrive."Then at one point Sarah said: 'I'm really sorry that you're going to see me die'."It was a hellish experience."Sarah was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness and underwent emergency 10-hour surgery to repair a broken right foot, shattered knee caps, broken ribs, two broken wrists and multiple fingers.Recalling the aftermath of the crash she said: "I came to and looked at my hands.