A 57-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER TODAY (TUE) DESCRIBED HO

A 57-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER TODAY (TUE) DESCRIBED HOW SHE IS TOO
TERRIFIED TO RIDE ON A BUS ALONE AFTER A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT.

MRS CHRISTINE SMITH WON #12,000 DAMAGES AT LONDON’S HIGH COURT
FROM LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT AFTER A BUS DOOR CLOSED ON HER LEG,
TRAPPING HER.

TWO YEARS AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHE STILL SUFFERS FROM A PAINFUL
AND WEAK LEFT LEG.

AND SHE SAID: ‘I HAVEN’T BEEN ALONE ON A BUS SINCE.

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MRS SMITH, OF (5) NEW ROAD, PADDOCK WOOD, TONBRIDGE, KENT WON
THE MONEY IN AN OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT.

ON DECEMBER 17 1985 SHE WAS ALIGHTING AT A BUS STOP ON RUISLIP
ROAD, NORTHOLT, MIDDLESEX FROM A BUS DRIVEN BY MR RON UPTON WHEN THE

ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

THE DOOR CLOSED ON HER LEG AND TRAPPED HER, AND WHEN THE DRIVER

RELEASED HER SHE FELL TO THE GROUND ON HER SIDE, IT WAS CLAIMED.

SHE SUED LRT FOR NEGLIGENCE.

THE COMPANY ADMITTED LIABILITY FOR THE ACCIDENT, AND PAID MRS

SMITH’S COSTS.

MRS SMITH FRACTURED HER HIP AND WAS LEFT WITH A LIMP.

SHE COULD NOT RUN OR GET ABOUT EASILY AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND

HAD TO MOVE FROM THEIR NORTHOLT HOME TO A BUNGALOW IN KENT, IT WAS

CLAIMED.

AFTER THE HEARING SHE AND HUSBAND FRANK SAID THEY WERE GLAD IT
WAS ALL OVER.

SHE SAID SHE HAD ONLY RIDDEN ON A BUS ABOUT TWICE SINCE THE
TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE – BOTH TIMES WITH SOMEONE ELSE TO HELP HER.

‘IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING.

USUALLY I WAIT UNTIL FRANK CAN TAKE
ME HOME,’ SHE SAID.

‘I WAS THE GARDENER BEFORE.

NOW I’M AFRAID HE HAS TO DO IT
ALL.

‘
MR SMITH SAID HE GAVE UP HIS JOB AS A LONG-DISTANCE LORRY DRIVER

SO THEY COULD MOVE TO THE COUNTRY.

‘WE HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN,’

HE SAID.

THE COUPLE SAID THEY HAD NO PLANS TO SPLASH OUT WITH THE CASH
– THEY PLAN TO KEEP IT FOR EVERYDAY EXPENSES.

ENDS