A woman was struck by a 6ft tree branch and sent crashing to the ground as Britain was battered by fierce winds.Dawn Lister was suffering from a painful headache when she ventured outside hoping that the fresh air would help.As gusts of wind reaching up to 60mph swept across the country on Sunday, the massive branch smashed into the 44-year-old's head in Belfairs Wood in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.Ms Lister told how she remembers very little of being struck at around 4pm, while walking with her partner Mark Goodson, 53 Dawn Lister, 44, pictured left, was taken to hospital in a neck brace, pictured right, after being struck by a 6ft tree branch'I feel lucky to be alive,' she said.'We were just out for a walk in the woods when a branch fell off this 50-foot high tree and landed straight on my head.'I don't actually remember it happening - all I remember is being on the floor with a very sore head.'Ms Lister, from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, was taken to Southend Hospital A&E department where she was placed in a neck brace and monitored before being given the all clear later that evening. The remains of the tree branch which hit Ms Lister while she was out walking in Belfairs Wood in Southend-on-Sea, Essex,She added: 'I spent the whole day in hospital.'Doctors said if it had been a little bit one way or the other it could have broken my neck.'I've had to take the whole week off to recover.
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