A Commonwealth judo star might not be able to return to the sport after suffering horrific injuries in a motorbike crash in Vietnam.

Silver medallist Stephanie Inglis was in the country to teach disadvantaged children when she was left for dead at the side of the road.

The 28-year-old from Inverness said the early morning motorbike taxi journey to the Ha Long school in May turned her life "upside-down" when her skirt got caught in the back wheel, dragging her off the vehicle.

The driver failed to stop and Inglis was put in a medically-induced coma and initially given just a 1% chance of survival.

She said: "The taxis are all motorcycles in Vietnam and the driver told me to sit side-saddle because my skirt was so long.

"I don't know what happened but I fell off the bike and was left at the side of the road."

The next thing she remembers is being in hospital in Scotland with her family at her bedside in June, wondering what had happened.

She said: "I just remember waking up in Edinburgh and feeling my head and my hair was shaved on the side of my head.

"I was extremely lucky and had about four or five operations, and I still have another in January next year."

She added: "The doctors have told me I might not get back into competitive judo. There's a big difference now from how I was after the accident.

"But judo's been my whole life and something I've done since I was aged four. My life has been turned upside down just because I got on the back of that bike."

The athlete was speaking to pupils at Broughton High School in Edinburgh about her experience.

The school lost one of its pupils, 14-year-old Brad Williamson, in a motorcycle accident in June and the collision is still fresh in the minds of students.

Inglis urged pupils to consider the implications of getting on a motorcycle, as she revealed she now cannot even go to the shops without being accompanied.

She said: I hope people think twice about getting on to a motorbike. You are not just ruining your life, you are ruining other people's lives, too."