A YOUNG woman who fell 20ft on to her head is fundraising so she can meet other brain injury survivors at a camp in America.

Siobhan Pimlott, from Radcliffe, was given just a 10 per cent chance of survival after the fall in March 2011, the first of six traumatic brain injuries she has since suffered.

The 24-year-old, who volunteers every week at Bolton parkrun, has now been in touch with a brain injury charity in the United States and has launched an online fundraising campaign to finance her dream trip across the Atlantic to meet up with other survivors.

She said: “I don’t remember much about the accident, just waking up in a clean room in a hospital feeling like someone had my head in a vice. The room was spinning and I felt extremely sick.

“At that point I was still extremely sick, the doctors and nurses didn’t know if I would walk out of the hospital, they were shocked I had woken up so soon after my accident.

“I was told that an eyewitness didn’t even think I was alive when she saw me fall, she then realised I was still alive and breathing and she told the paramedics that she didn’t think I would survive the night.”

Any money raised will be used to pay for her flights to the USA and other travel expenses, with any extra funds donated to brain injury charity Headway.

Siobhan, who suffers hearing loss in both ears because of her injuries, added: “I’ve known about this for roughly the past month but have been torn between going or staying and volunteering on the weekend like I do each week.

“Everyone keeps telling me to go and enjoy myself and take lots of pictures, but it fills me with tears thinking about going and not volunteering over the weekend or the week. I still am struggling between going or staying but am warming to the idea of having a holiday over in America, where I’ve always wanted to go.

“I would be over the moon if I managed to get to America, it would mean the world to me to be able to meet other people with brain injuries. Just to go to this camp and feel like everyone else would be the best feeling in the world.

“I love volunteering, it means the world to me to actually be able to help people, this would be the greatest feeling being able to feel like an average person interacting with other people with brain injuries.”

To donate, visit gofundme.com/2qmyhccs.