LOCAL eventer Laura Collett left hospital yesterday, nine days after a heavy fall at Tweseldown.

Collett, who spent several days under sedation at Southampton General Hospital, suffered damage to her lungs after coming off Tis a Beauty last Monday.

However, she appears to be well on the way to making a full recovery and tweeted yesterday: “I am sooooo happy to be on the way home from hospital....They have done an amazing job and I am hugely grateful to every nurse and doctor.”

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