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Heartbroken Jade Almond, 16, has been left bedbound after being hit by a car as the driver was allegedly picking up popcorn from the floor. The youngster, from Abram in Greater Manchester, had just finished her last day of physio after Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) left her unable to walk . The teenager was hospitaised by the condition in July 2018 after hitting her head when falling off a chair. She was left with uncontrollable shakes and was unable to concentrate properly. Jade, who was a goalkeeper for her youth football team, had just finished £14,500-worth of intensive privately-funded physio.

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She was discharged on February 21 but in a cruel twist of fate Jade, her mum Michelle, sister Josie and two friends were hit by another car as they headed home on the M60.

it's been claimed that the driver was trying to pick up popcorn from the car floor when the crash happened.

Jade is now partially paralysed with just "the strength of a newborn baby". She is unable to sit up without help.

Jade said: "It's heartbreaking being in this position and knowing all that hard work has been undone.

"I was pretty much back to normal - able to run, dance and play football again - I was 80 per cent there and only had a bit of a tremor in my leg.

"After the car crash it's worse than it's ever been as now it's affecting my whole body."

Jade was able to run up stairs and jog on a treadmill for the first time in seven months after finishing her treatment.

But as she and her family made their way home, a car crashed into the back of them.

Jade's legs gave way as she tried to get out of the car.

"On the day I was discharged we were all so happy. That night I had a commercial and street dance class and was so excited to go for the first time in ages.

"We had music on in the car, were singing along and just having a really good time," said Jade.

The teenager said: "I was talking to my friend when the crash happened and was facing left. I flew forward and banged my head and then again when we stopped.

"I first noticed that the back of my friend's head was bleeding. I went to hug her because she was so upset and my hand wouldn't move, I was so confused.

"My left arm was moving but when I tried to move my right arm it was just stuck.

"I tried to stand up getting out of the car and I fell to the floor, my mum had to catch me.

"In hospital I was just sitting there and couldn't move, my mum was tapping my leg but I couldn't feel anything at all.

"I was so scared and did panic because I'd never had those symptoms before.

"I had an instinct it was an FND relapse. I'd never had those symptoms before so it was a huge shock."