A TEENAGER who was thrown over the bonnet of a car in the Westminster terrorist attack would have struggled to cope if he had not been supported by The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace.

Travis Frain, 19, was on a three-day university trip to London on May 22, 2017, when he was struck by a car being driven by attacker Khalid Masood.

“I have a very good recollection as I didn’t lose consciousness,” said Travis, who is now a trustee for the foundation.

“I was cushioned from most of the blow as I landed on my friend’s stomach who had already been knocked down.

“I was texting my friend when one of my friends shouted a last-minute warning.

“I looked up and I could see the car coming towards me but by then it was a matter of metres away.

“I didn’t have time to react or jump out of the way.

"I went over the bonnet and my head landed on my friend’s stomach.

“If it had landed on the concrete with the same force that the rest of my body had we don’t know what could have happened.”

Travis, who suffered fractures in his leg, hands and fingers, was one of more than 50 people injured in attack.

Five other people died, including the police officer Keith Palmer.

“There is an element of bad luck as we were in the wrong place at the wrong time but I am incredibly lucky to still be alive,” said Travis, from Darwin.

After finding out about the work of the Survivors Assistance Network (SAN) run by the Foundation for Peace, the politics and history student immediately got in touch.

“I remember two members of the SAN came to visit me at my home,” said the 20-year-old.

“They did an assessment and put a plan in place to get me the support I needed.

“It was invaluable as there was nothing else available to me as I was never assigned a police liaison officer.

“I was in hospital for eight days and the police would visit every day but when I came home I didn’t hear from them for six months.

“I have faced a lot issues and tried to get support from the NHS in terms of the rehabilitation – I struggled to access that.

“SAN would attend doctor’s appointments and advocate on my behalf by sending letters to the doctors and liaising with my university as well.”

“You find that a lot of sympathy runs out after three weeks once the media attention dies down but that wasn’t the case with SAN.”

To find out more about SAN visit survivorsassistancenetwork.org.