A dancer had to have his leg amputated after he was run over by a rubbish truck while he was skateboarding to university.<br /><br />Sean Jerome, 21, who is studying performing arts at Brighton Academy, was on his way to a seminar when he collided with a rubbish truck.<br /><br />The 46 tonne lorry ran over Sean's right leg, and he was rushed to Royal Sussex Hospital, where surgeons desperately tried to save his leg.<br /><br />But the trauma was too severe, and within 48 hours of the collision he was taken to the operation theatre for amputation below the knee.<br /><br />Four and a half months on, Sean is already back at university, keen not to fall behind on his studies.<br /><br />"One minute I was cursing through Brighton looking forward to my dance seminar, the next I was on the floor looking down at my mangled leg.<br /><br />"I remember briefly seeing my injury, and my tibia and fibula were sticking out my shin."<br /><br />Compilation video*
