Teenager’s jaw ripped off in ‘warzone’ injury during horse riding accident

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Once inside an ambulance, Emily says she “just looked down and I could see teeth and bone and I said, ‘is that my jaw?’.” Mr Mohammed-Ali pieced together Emily’s face using three titanium plates, more than 160 stitches and managing to save all but one of her teeth. The teenager, who is studying for her GCSEs at Wales High School, near Sheffield, and is also a talented skier, said her horrified friends thought her injuries were like “some kind of zombie”. Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events Emily said: “He said that in a year’s time, from speaking distance, you won’t even be able to tell that anything’s happened. “If anything had gone any differently, I might not have had a bottom jaw.” Mr Mohammed-Ali said it was “one of the most significant injuries that I have seen in a child outside of areas of conflict,” but that he was “extremely pleased” with Emily’s recovery so far.