UWE Bristol rugby player waited five hours for ambulance, inquest hears

Maddy Lawrence, 20, was injured in match and died in hospital 16 days later after picking up an infection

A 20-year-old university student who died after being injured in a rugby match and acquiring an infection in hospital laid in agony on the pitch for more than five hours while she waited for an ambulance, an inquest has heard.

Maddy Lawrence, who sustained a dislocated hip when she was tackled during a game for UWE Bristol, could be heard screaming and crying during 999 calls made by a physiotherapist desperately trying to get help but was told an ambulance would take several hours" because the city was so busy.