Beiruting News

A toddler's head had to be internally "reattached" by doctors after he was injured in a head-on car crash.

Jackson Taylor's mother has now launched a petition calling for harsher punishment for reckless drivers in Australia.

Jackson, 16 months, was in the car with his mother and nine-year-old sister when they crashed head on with another vehicle travelling at 70mph.

The toddler broke two vertebrae in his neck and his collar bone resulting in an internal dislocation.

After the crash, Jackson was airlifted to Brisbane, where he was operated on immediately.

Dr Geoff Askin told 7 News Melbourne: "A lot of children wouldn't survive that injury in the first place, and if they did and they were resuscitated then they may never move or breathe again."

Taylor said, according to the Express: "It's a miracle. The second I pulled him out I knew that his neck was broken."

Jackson is currently wearing a brace to keep his body stable.

His mum has since set up a Change.org petition calling for harsher punishments for reckless drivers in Australia.

In one week, the petition gained 8,700 supporters, which isn't far off Taylor's 10,000 target.

She explained when she contacted the police about the crash, they said it was likely the boys would simply receive a suspended driving sentence and a fine.