Sam Kerr makes a revealing Instagram post after her grandmother, 89, was rushed to hospital when she was hit by a car
Football superstar Sam Kerr has posted photos to social media showing her and fiancée Kristie Mewis back in their London home in a telling sign her grandmother is recovering after she was hit by a car in Perth.
Kerr, 31, took to Instagram to post a story which featured Mewis as well as the couple’s cat.
One photo was captioned ‘girls are back together’, with the second image featuring the words ‘and we are back’.
The development comes after Coral Kerr, 89, had to be rushed to hospital when she was struck as she stepped off a bus in the southwest Perth suburb of Palmyra on December 27.
A 63-year-old man allegedly mounted the kerb in an attempt to overtake the bus before hitting Kerr with his ute.
The man has since been charged with one count of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and will appear before the Fremantle Magistrates Court in Western Australia on February 4.
Football superstar Sam Kerr is back in London in a telling sign her grandmother (pictured, right) is recovering after she was hit by a car in late December
Kerr, 31, took to Instagram to post a story which featured her fiancée Kristie Mewis as well as the couple’s cat (pictured) back at their home
Kerr and Mewis announced earlier this year they are expecting a baby (the US soccer star is pictured in the couple’s apartment)
At the time of the alleged incident, Sam Kerr and her father Roger were at picturesque winery Krinklewood Estate in the NSW Hunter Valley attending the wedding of her long-term Matildas teammate Emily Van Egmond to partner Kat Thompson.
Its understood Sam and her father learned of the tragedy while at the reception with Roger hurriedly organising a flight back to Perth to be at his mother’s hospital bed.
Pictures from the Palmyra scene show the ute with extensive damage to its bonnet after the vehicle hit a power pole before it hit Ms Kerr.
Coral’s neighbours and bus passengers who witnessed the crash rushed to her side to help her as she lay on the grass next to the footpath.
‘She really wasn’t responding too much, she was very sweaty and clammy… I think she was in shock obviously,’ neighbour Mary Ivey told 9News.
Witnesses alleged a series of cars lined up behind the bus and the ute driver tried to overtake it by driving on the footpath.
Coral Kerr’s condition is said to be serious but stable as she continues her recovery.
The ute allegedly drove on the footpath in an attempt to overtake the bus and struck a power pole before it hit Coral Kerr
A sombre-looking Sam Kerr is pictured at Sydney airport after she got the shattering news about her grandmother
Kerr is pictured being comforted by fiancée Kristie Mewis before flying to Western Australia
At the time of the alleged incident, Kerr’s longtime Matildas teammate Emily Van Egmond (left) was all smiles after marrying partner Kat Thompson (right)
It is unknown if she has been released from hospital.
Chelsea striker Kerr, 31, and her partner, West Ham midfielder Kristie Mewis, 33, spent time with Kerr’s family over the Christmas break.
The pair announced in November they were expecting a baby and flew to Australia for the festive season.
The Chelsea star is currently recovering from an ACL injury that could see her out of action until March.
