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Being in a worse mood than when I originally tried to post having been booted out of my log-in as I pressed the submit button I'll try again. And once a **CK*** gain!
This was originally a stream of consciousness post as I needed to vent. I'm being a lot more measured now as I try to post for the third time.
I was trying to write a factual account of what had happened to my mother-in-law and her family over the last six months for other purposes. I couldn't as I was too angry and I decided I needed to get something out and came on here to vent.
It's been quite terrible, we feel badly let down in some areas, appallingly in others. Some of the difficulties we face now are due to, perversely, how lucky we've been. Without going in to detail it would seem from the outside that we've been let down most by those that in fact have been the most helpful - so it wouldn't be fair to make too many judgements about the services that should have supported us.
The family is still ignorant of several key facts (we don't know exactly where the incident occurred, we haven't been provided with any insurance details of the driver) and can't verify what we have been told so the following is a best guess/amalgam of what we have been told.
It was dark. There was heavy rain.
My mother-in-law was struck while crossing the road by a 4x4 vehicle.
The vehicle didn't stop immediately but returned to the scene later.
Between the incident and returning the driver picked up a passenger.
The distance she was thrown, the severity of injuries and the opinion of witnesses suggested the impact speed was approximately 50mph. The speed limit was 30mph.
The driver apparently sounded their horn but did not attempt to brake prior to the impact.
She was fortunate to land near to the car of a doctor that performed CPR and was aware of and stressed the severity of brain injury.
She suffered possibly multiple severe blows to her head. Several skull fractures, a fractured jaw, she lost most of her teeth and had several deep gashes to her face. No other part of her body received substantial injury.
CCTV was not working in the area.
My mother in law was in a state of Post Traumatic Amnesia for six weeks.
After emerging from PTA and being discharged she has received no other rehabilitative therapies.
Her recovery has been miraculous, however she does suffer from short term memory issues and increased volatility. PTSD is beginning to manifest. There are other issues that are too complex to explain here.
The driver attended court on the 18th December to face charges of: driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence; leaving the scene; perverting the course of justice.
Today we received our first communication from Victim Support notifying us that the driver had pleaded guilty to the first two charges, had their licence endorsed and was fined £66.00.
£66? We've been waiting four months for the criminal case to be closed so that we can see the Police report that we paid twice as much for.
We've been stopped from pursuing our compensation claim until this insignificance is dealt with.
I'm putting down a deposit on some new teeth for my mother-in-law on Friday. It's going to cost more than a hundred times that.
£66 is supposed to be a deterrent to leaving someone dying in the road? FFS
This was originally a stream of consciousness post as I needed to vent. I'm being a lot more measured now as I try to post for the third time.
I was trying to write a factual account of what had happened to my mother-in-law and her family over the last six months for other purposes. I couldn't as I was too angry and I decided I needed to get something out and came on here to vent.
It's been quite terrible, we feel badly let down in some areas, appallingly in others. Some of the difficulties we face now are due to, perversely, how lucky we've been. Without going in to detail it would seem from the outside that we've been let down most by those that in fact have been the most helpful - so it wouldn't be fair to make too many judgements about the services that should have supported us.
The family is still ignorant of several key facts (we don't know exactly where the incident occurred, we haven't been provided with any insurance details of the driver) and can't verify what we have been told so the following is a best guess/amalgam of what we have been told.
It was dark. There was heavy rain.
My mother-in-law was struck while crossing the road by a 4x4 vehicle.
The vehicle didn't stop immediately but returned to the scene later.
Between the incident and returning the driver picked up a passenger.
The distance she was thrown, the severity of injuries and the opinion of witnesses suggested the impact speed was approximately 50mph. The speed limit was 30mph.
The driver apparently sounded their horn but did not attempt to brake prior to the impact.
She was fortunate to land near to the car of a doctor that performed CPR and was aware of and stressed the severity of brain injury.
She suffered possibly multiple severe blows to her head. Several skull fractures, a fractured jaw, she lost most of her teeth and had several deep gashes to her face. No other part of her body received substantial injury.
CCTV was not working in the area.
My mother in law was in a state of Post Traumatic Amnesia for six weeks.
After emerging from PTA and being discharged she has received no other rehabilitative therapies.
Her recovery has been miraculous, however she does suffer from short term memory issues and increased volatility. PTSD is beginning to manifest. There are other issues that are too complex to explain here.
The driver attended court on the 18th December to face charges of: driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence; leaving the scene; perverting the course of justice.
Today we received our first communication from Victim Support notifying us that the driver had pleaded guilty to the first two charges, had their licence endorsed and was fined £66.00.
£66? We've been waiting four months for the criminal case to be closed so that we can see the Police report that we paid twice as much for.
We've been stopped from pursuing our compensation claim until this insignificance is dealt with.
I'm putting down a deposit on some new teeth for my mother-in-law on Friday. It's going to cost more than a hundred times that.
£66 is supposed to be a deterrent to leaving someone dying in the road? FFS
