AN ANDOVER teenager has said she is “very, very lucky” to have survived a crocodile attack while on holiday in Zambia.

Amelie Osborn-Smith was left fighting for her life after the 10ft reptile dragged her into a death roll after she had been resting her leg over the side of the boat, her father told MailOnline last week.

And she described how she expected to lose her foot, but described how it was "such a relief" to be told it was fine and that she was going to be able to walk again.

Speaking from her hospital bed in a video by Medland Hospital, she said: “You don’t really think in that situation, obviously people say you see your life flash before your eyes or whatever but you don’t, you just think ‘how do I get out of this situation?’

“And your brain just goes into overdrive and you just think how to get out but I was just very, very lucky.

“When the accident happened I fully accepted the fact I was going to lose my foot and I accepted that and I’d said to all my friends, it’s fine, I’ve lost my foot, I’m still alive and then I was told my foot is fine and I’m going to be able to walk again and it’s such a relief.”

The 18-year-old, who attended St Swithun's School in Winchester, was on a white-water rafting trip during a gap-year visit to Zambia where her grandmother owns a farm, according to The Sun.

The paper reported that she was rescued by friends who punched the crocodile before dragging her back in a boat.

She was flown by helicopter to an aid post in nearby Livingstone and then on to the capital Lusaka, 240 miles away, where surgeons managed to save her foot, the Sun reported.

Amelie continued: "Don't let an incident like this put you off, because it doesn't happen often. Especially now, your life can be over so quickly. If you live thinking you are going to regret everything, you're never going to have a fulfilled life."

Amelie is not the only person from North Hampshire to fight off a crocodile attack whilst on holiday this year. In June, The Advertiser reported how Melissa Laurie, from Alton, was attacked by a croc whilst swimming in a lagoon in Mexico.

Her identical twin sister Georgia fought off the attack by punching it repeatedly.