A CAMERAMAN severely injured when a car ploughed into a film crew in Belfast is hoped to be released from hospital by Christmas.
Colm Herron? is the last of six injured young people to remain in hospital following the crash near Boucher Road last month.
They were among about 20 people taking part in filming for an RTÉ crime programme when a car unrelated to the production hit a crowd.
Four actors and two camera crew were injured in the terrifying incident on November 30. A 24-year-old man was arrested and later released on bail.
Assistant cameraman Mr Herron? suffered injuries including major damage to his right leg and has undergone several operations.
But friends say he remains in "good spirits" and it is hoped the Derry man, aged in his twenties, will be able to return home before Christmas.
Assistant cameraman Carl Best and actors Catriona Lilley, Paul Kennedy and Rachel Sofley from Lisburn all left hospital in the past week or so.
A 17-year-old boy from Belfast also suffered bruises from the crash but luckily was able to return to school the following week.
Paul Kennedy, from Moneyreagh in Co Down, underwent facial surgery and suffered a broken leg. His mother Eileen Kennedy Young told of her relief to see her son return home.
She wrote on Facebook: "Got my boy back home with a few medical aids to help him along. So the recovery begins. So glad to have him home."
Carl Best from Belfast, who suffered a broken pelvis and smashed kneecap, wrote online: "It feels good to be home!"
Earlier this week Catriona Lilley (22), from Belfast, who suffered a fractured jaw and lost teeth, described the Falcon Road crash as "horrifying".
"The first night that I came home I woke up in the night having flashbacks of the car just coming at me," she told the BBC.
"I started to feel really ill because I could imagine it hitting my stomach over and over again."
The crash happened during filming of night time scene for an RTÉ series about youth crime called Young, Dumb and Dangerous.
Filming has been postponed and the series is due to be screened in 2016.
Anne Stirling, creative director of Stirling Film and TV Productions, praised those caught up in the crash for their strength and bravery.
"It has been very difficult for them and I couldn't give them enough praise for the way they have dealt with it," she said.
"I just want to commend everyone who was involved for their bravery and the graceful way that they have dealt with the situation, and the maturity that they have all shown."
