Kansas Student Whose Legs Were Cut Off Blames Spiked Drink

‘I was left for dead’: Student, 24, whose legs were sliced off by a train after her drink was spiked with a date rape drug refuses to let it ruin her ‘beautiful life’....

A student who lost her legs after being run over by a train says she was 'left to die on the track' after her drink was spiked on a night out.

Mandy Horvath lost both of her legs above the knee after she was hit by a coal train as she lay blacked out on the track near a bar she had been at in Steele City, Kansas.

The student says she remembers going outside for a cigarette before blacking out and waking up in an ambulance as medics battled to save her life after she was hit by a train travelling at 50mph.

But three years on, Mandy, 24, is now able to take a few steps using her new prosthetic legs - and is determined not to let her horrific ordeal stop her living life to the fullest.

Mandy, who now lives in Colorado, said: 'I believe I was spiked with a date-rape drug and left for dead on the tracks, because I was found half a mile from the pub and have no memory of getting there.

'I know I hadn't had a lot to drink, I had two beers and two shots - my bar tab and blood alcohol content showed that.

'I remember going outside of the pub for a cigarette and feeling a bit hazy - then nothing.

'When I was found, doctors were obviously focused on my leg injuries and saving my life - I wasn't tested to see if the drug was in my system.

'The doctors initially thought I had tried to commit suicide. By the time I could tell them what I remembered, it was too late to test.

'The police did investigate, but nothing has ever been proven.
'My last memory is smoking a cigarette outside and then it all goes hazy - the next thing I know, I'm in an ambulance with no legs.

'After being told by the paramedic that my legs were gone, I started to panic and tried to kick them in the air, it was only after I saw my blood everywhere that I knew it was true.'

Mandy had gone on a night out with some new friends in July 2014.

On her night out she only drank two bottles of beer and two shots, which led her to believe that one of them must have been drugged.

After waking up in an ambulance, Mandy was astonished to discover that she was hit by a train hundreds of yards from the bar and believes she had been left on the tracks for dead.

Mandy added: 'I was having a great night until this happened.

'I remember taking my last drink of the night outside to have a cigarette.

'The next moment I woke up I was in the back of an ambulance and was being told that my legs were ripped off by being hit by a train.

'It's suspected that I was given a date rape drug, but that couldn't be confirmed because they couldn't do a blood panel test on me when I was in hospital.

'I had to stay in the hospital for months to receive surgery on what was left of my legs, but whilst I was in there I was determined that this wasn't going to destroy me.

'From then on I focused on getting myself up and walking again, I've always been very active and knew straight away that I'd get through it.'

After the accident, Mandy had to stay in the hospital for several months while doctors tried to perform surgery to salvage her leg tissue.

Despite various surgeries, the remaining bones on Mandy's leg began to grow, which led to them being amputated again.

But now, Mandy is taking her first steps since the tragedy.

She said: 'It was heart-breaking because despite 12 months of recovery, I still wasn't able to learn to walk again.