Young mum forced to have leg amputated in 81mph BMW hit-and-run horror wins £1m compensation
Young mum forced to have leg amputated in 81mph BMW hit-and-run horror wins £1m compensation
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A mum whose leg was amputated after a horror hit and run crash has been awarded a huge compensation. Kerrie Lavery, 26, was hit by Thomas Granger, 47, in his BMW while driving at 81mph - more than double the 40mph limit - near Clydebank, Dunbartonshire on October 2, 2021. Kerrie had been walking arm in arm with her friend, Alanah Boyle, 29, who suffered a fractured pelvis in the incident.
Kerrie’s friends initially thought Granger was a passer-by and asked him to call an ambulance. When they realised he had been driving, Granger sped away but was later apprehended by the police, Daily Record reported. Kerrie lost her right leg int he collision and Granger was jailed for 33 months and banned from the roads for seven years in May, after he was convicted of causing serious injury by driving dangerously and failing to stop at the scene. Kerrie raised a compensation claim at the Court of Session in September of last year to secure a lifetime’s supply of medical treatment, which has been settled.
She said: “I can’t pretend the collision didn’t have a profound impact on my life because it did. No one expects to suffer an injury like this but I’ve really tried to do my best to stay positive and keep leading as normal a life as possible because I really believe that ‘life changing’ doesn’t have to mean ‘life-ending’.
“I don’t really know what to say about the driver… he got more jail time than I expected so that’s something. I’m not a bitter or vengeful person but I think it is right that he is held accountable as everything that happened around this incident sends a really strong message to people about road safety and justice so it’s important it has, I guess, an appropriate ending.".
