'She was going to cut off her leg herself'

A woman trapped inside her car for three days in NSW wanted to cut her leg off before a boy rescued her.

A woman has had her leg amputated after spending three days pinned under a car in NSW's Riverina region.

A woman involved in a single vehicle car crash on Christmas Day is lucky to be alive after being found 3 days later trapped in the wreckage. Picture: Ambulance Media Source: Supplied

A woman involved in a single vehicle car crash on Christmas Day is lucky to be alive after being found 3 days later trapped in the wreckage. Picture: Ambulance Media Source: Supplied

• 45-year-old woman crashed on Christmas
• Pinned underneath for three days
• Saved by local teen who walked by

POLICE say the woman who spent three days trapped inside her car wanted to cut her leg off before a teenage boy rescued her.

Debbie McKnight, 45, crashed her car on Christmas Day while driving home from a family get-together in southern New South Wales.

Her Commodore plunged 15m down an embankment next to Wondalga Road, near Batlow.

It came to rest on its roof with Ms McKnight's leg trapped underneath.

Ms McKnight, from Tumut, had reportedly veered to avoid a kangaroo before the accident.

"She was so desperate she was actually going to cut off her leg herself but she couldn't find anything sharp enough," Sergeant Brian Hammond said.

Police praise teen

Luckily, local youth Caleb Wilks was walking through the remote area to feed a dog at a nearby property.

He heard Ms McKnight's screams for help last night and comforted her before paramedics arrived.

Police have praised the teen's response.

"He's called triple zero. He's indicated to the woman that help was coming, and he's stayed up on the road so that we could see him," Sgt Hammond said.

"Otherwise we wouldn't have found the car.

"He's been very mature. His parents are very proud of him, and she's been very lucky that he walked by."

Ms McKnight was flown to Canberra Hospital where her leg was amputated.

She is listed in a stable condition and her family is by her side.

'It's astounding'

Emergency services said Ms McKnight was lucky to survive the ordeal.

"It's quite astounding and she's very very lucky," Acting Sergeant Roy Elmes told ABC online.

"She does have some serious injuries. She's lucky though. I think the weather's been a bit cooler and we've had some rain, otherwise I think it could've been different circumstances."

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