A YOUNG dad who nearly died in an accident the day after holding his daughter for the first time, cried as he cuddled her again a month later.
Brett Sinton, of Priory Road, Lundwood, cradled baby Alisha in his Barnsley Hospital bed after waking from a coma.
The 19-year-old suffered severe head injuries when he was knocked over by a car as he crossed Pontefract Road, Lundwood, on November 18.
He needed emergency surgery to reduce pressure on his brain at Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, before he was transferred to Barnsley a fortnight ago.
"We were really happy to see him holding Alisha because he'd only held her once before he was run over," said girlfriend, Samantha Wesley, 17.
• Full story in the Chronicle, Friday December 31.
