BRAVE VICKY SAVED SEVEN LIVES AFTER HER DEATH; Tragic lawyer's organ gifts Be 1 in a million DAILY Mirror Join up now.

Byline: BY AIDAN McGURRAN

SELFLESS Vicky Johnson always wanted to help the critically ill if she died.

Now she has got her final wish by saving a staggering seven people with organ transplants after she was killed in a road smash.

The trainee barrister, 23, became a registered donor aged 18 - and even told family at Christmas: "If anything happens to me, please follow my wishes."

Days later, she suffered horrific head injuries after being struck by a car while crossing the road.

Doctors put her on a ventilator but told parents David, 54, and Jennifer, 53, of Stradbroke, Suffolk, she was braindead.

The couple made the agonising choice with other children Katy, 2 6, and Rob, 25, C MYK U to turn off off her life-support to improve the chances of her organs being suitable for donation.

They are now comforted to know her body parts were used for seven successful transplant operations hours after she died.

Katy said: "Vicky was a humanitarian who was deeply passionate about a lot of things including organ donation.

"Just last Christmas we had a family debate about it. It is tragic that she died just 11 or 12 days later.

"Knowing she helped these people has given us solace."

The patients to benefit include a one-year-old girl given just days to live who got part of her liver.

Five women and a man aged from their 30s to 60s got other body parts. Some have already been discharged while others are in recovery.

The bereaved family have now also signed up as organ donors. Vicky, from Bow, East London, had recently won a place as a trainee barrister.

Earlier this month, the donor register reached its 16 million target following the Mirror's Be 1 in a Million campaign to double the number of people registered from eight million.

To register yourself, visit www.uktransplant.org.uk.

Vicky was a humanitarian and so passionate about donating her organs

SISTER KATY JOHNSON