The Evening Gazette has reported that a lady from Redcar has received £6,000 in compensation having almost been killed in a road traffic accident when her car was negligently hit by an ambulance car at a speed of over 50mph. In a recent court case, the North East Ambulance Service was found vicariously liable for their employee ambulance car driver’s negligence in colliding with Ms Lake’s car.
It was heard that the ambulance car driver incorrectly thought that Ms Lake was going to pull in to the left hand side so as to allow the ambulance car to pass; this was despite Ms Lake’s indicating right. As a result, the ambulance car ran into Ms Lake’s vehicle, causing her to sustain injuries to her back, and leaving her suffering from anxiety attacks.
Making the situation worse, Ms Lake’s daughter witnessed the whole episode. She states that she thought that her mother had been ‘killed in front of her eyes’ having seen the ambulance car drive into her mum’s car. Ms Lake had been making the car journey to pick her daughter up from work and her daughter witnessed the accident as she stood in the background. All in all it would seem that Ms Lake had a lucky escape as she herself recognises, telling the Evening Gazette, ‘The car hit mine inches from the driver’s door and all the front of the car was wiped out and was halfway down the road. If it had hit me, there’s no way I would have survived that at more than 50 miles per hour’.
Not every road traffic accident case ends up being decided by a judge at court. At The Injury Lawyers, we are aware that there can be a perception that many personal injury claims end up in court because it is a matter of law and therefore needs to be decided by a judge. This is far from a reality. Very few personal injury claims actually end up in court. It really is a last resort – and that is certainly our experience at The Injury Lawyers.
At The Injury Lawyers we take your claim on if we truly believe that it will be successful. This means that we often receive an admission of liability from the negligent third party for your accident and we can then go about getting the matter settled amicably without the need for court. So – do not be put off from making a claim if you feel that your claim may drag on for years and end up going to court which is something you could do without. Many road traffic accident cases can be settled in two to four months and without the need to go to court in most straight forward cases.
If you want a professional and quality injury lawyer to deal with your possible claim, why not give The Injury Lawyers a quick and free telephone call? We would be happy to help you, and should you instruct us to act on your behalf, we can say with pride that we will never charge you for our work, we will regularly update you, and we will progress your case at every opportunity to make sure you receive the maximum compensation you deserve in the shortest time possible.
