A woman who was hit by a piece of rock that smashed through her windscreen has been awarded £270,000 in car accident compensation.
In 2001 the woman, from Swindon, was travelling along the A419 when the 5lb piece of Cotswold stone broke through her windscreen and onto her head. It left her with a large hole in her head roughly the size of a mandarin, shattered her skull and only narrowly avoided her brain.
She was awarded car accident compensation as the incident left her brain damaged, needing metal plates in her skull and unable to fully express her innermost emotions.
*Where replacement vehicle costs can be recovered from the insurance company of the person who caused the accident.
Where this person is untraceable or uninsured, or where there is a dispute over liability, a replacement vehicle cannot
be provided.
