Former Coronation Street star Amanda Barrie has said she is "lucky" to be alive after suffering an electric shock at her London home earlier this month.
Barrie, who played Alma Sedgwick in the soap for 20 years, told British paper The Sunday Mirror that she "thought her time had come".
"I could not break the circuit. It felt like two or three days but I suspect it was only six seconds," the 83-year-old recounted.
"I was in my flat in London and the electrics tripped. I went to put it on, I was touching a lamp behind it. I was pinned by both arms to the wall by the electricity going through me."
A "terrified" Barrie shouted to a neighbour for help with "incredibly good-looking paramedics" subsequently arriving.
"Thank God we've got the NHS," she continued. "My hair stood slightly on end. I lit up the West End.
"I was lucky. My arms were above my heart where the current went through. If they were lower it could have really harmed me."
Earlier this month, Barrie tweeted a picture of herself at home with the paramedics.
She wrote: ".@Ldn--Ambulance Thankyou to my five heroes. So, last night I lit up the West End by electrocuting myself in my own flat. Eek! Magnificant #FirstResponders came to my rescue. Very scary but am still here, thanks also to .@uclh God bless the .@NHSuk?." [sic]
@Ldn_Ambulance Thankyou to my five heroes. So, last night I lit up the West End by electrocuting myself in my own flat. Eek! Magnificant #FirstResponders came to my rescue. Very scary but am still here, thanks also to @uclh God bless the @NHSuk pic.twitter.com/dcUwE57hYE
— Amanda Barrie (@amandabarrie11) April 8, 2019
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