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Devastating accident that saw Comic Relief star Billy Monger lose both his legs weeks before he turned 18

Details of the horror accident that saw Comic Relief star Billy Monger lose both his legs weeks before he turned 18

Billy recently joined Melanie Blatt, Alex Beresford and Harry Judd for the epic 10,000km journey on Celebrity Race Across The World. The accident triggered one of the fastest-growing JustGiving campaigns in history, with nearly 20,000 people, including Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, donating more than £800,000 to help with Billy’s rehabilitation. The show, on BBC One at 9pm, sees Billy take on an endurance Iron Man competition in Kona, Hawaii to raise money for life-changing Comic Relief-funded projects.

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