Mum faces long recovery

A woman hit by a car as she walked with her four children through a West Coast supermarket car park will have to undergo multiple surgeries. Emergency services were called at 4.15pm on Tuesday after an elderly driver hit Chelsea Ferguson and her 4-year-old daughter, then crashed into the side of a supermarket in Westport’s main street. Police said no charges had been laid as inquiries continued. Ferguson’s father, Murray Irons, said his daughter and her children live in Australia and were visiting him in Westport. Irons said his daughter was undergoing another surgery in Christchurch yesterday. ‘‘Four or five more surgeries are required to both legs. One is severely damaged but the other also needs surgery.’’