Jackie ‘O’ Henderson hospitalised after hitting her head and breaking a rib

Jackie O Henderson broke a rib and suffered a minor head injury after falling over while playing outside with her daughter, Kitty, over the Christmas holidays.

The radio presenter, 45, fell to the ground while trying to skateboard and was later taken to hospital after experiencing severe dizziness.

Jackie revealed on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday that her 10-year-old daughter was so worried she tried to call an ambulance herself.

‘She was skateboarding outside and we have stone on the floor,’ Jackie said. 

‘I was watching her and she’s really good at it… She says to me, “Why don’t you have a try? Just try mum, I’ll hold your hand and drag you along.”‘

Jackie lost her balance shortly after Kitty let go of the skateboard. 

‘Just as we get to the end where there’s the glass fence, she lets go because she thinks, “You’ve got this now,”‘ Jackie explained. 

‘As she lets go, I lose my balance completely… I land on my back rib and then on my head. I tipped backwards.

‘I think I really went flying and I hit it so hard I was winded for about 45 seconds and I couldn’t talk to her. It wasn’t bleeding but it was a bad hit.’

Kitty tried to call an ambulance by dialing 911, which she thought was the right number after watching U.S. TV shows. She was redirected to a Triple-zero operator. 

Kitty hung up when her mother told her she was okay. 

But the next day, Jackie got out of bed and almost fell over because she was feeling so dizzy. She then went to hospital as a precaution.

‘I had to wait three hours,’ she said. ‘That’s when I knew I didn’t have a serious injury.’ 

Jackie shares custody of Kitty with her ex-husband Lee Henderson. The pair announced their split in October 2018, after 18 years together.