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==Second crash==

On 5 May 2006, Delezio made national headlines a second time when she was again badly injured in a road crash. While being pushed across a crossing by her nanny in a [[wheelchair]] (her [[service dog]] Tara by her side) near her home in [[Sydney]]'s northern beaches, she was hit by a car and thrown 18 metres. Delezio landed head first on the pavement causing her to suffersuffered a heart attack, a broken jaw, a broken shoulder, bruising to her head, numerous rib fractures and a tear to her left lung. She was treated at the [[Sydney Children's Hospital]], [[Randwick, New South Wales|Randwick]].<ref>{{cite news|title=We're very fortunate: battler Sophie's parents|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=29 May 2006|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/were-very-fortunate-sophies-parents/2006/05/29/1148754934738.html|accessdate=4 February 2007}}</ref> She left hospital and returned home to continue her recovery on 7 June 2006.<ref>[http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19413788%255E421,00.html] {{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref>

An 80-year-old man, John George Sharman, was charged in relation to the second crash with "dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and not giving way to a pedestrian on a crossing".<ref>{{cite news|title=Sophie Delezio driver case adjourned|work=[[The Age]]|date=16 August 2006|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/sophie-delezio-driver-case-adjourned/2006/08/16/1155407851906.html|accessdate=4 February 2007}}</ref> Having pleaded guilty Sharman was in October 2006 placed on a good behaviour bond for 18 months and suspended from driving for a year.<ref>[http://au.news.yahoo.com/060816/2/105rw.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903111940/http://au.news.yahoo.com/060816/2/105rw.html|date=3 September 2006}}</ref>