Posted on 09/18/2007 10:58:09 AM PDT by DancesWithCats
By LUKE SALKELD - More by this author » Last updated at 01:12am on 4th September 2007
When a pedestrian was hit by a police car which mounted the pavement, it was obvious who was going to come off worse.
After suffering a broken foot in the collision, however, Daniel Horne thought all the damage had been done.
Until he received an £80 fine - for denting the vehicle. Yesterday the 28-year-old businessman told of his shock at being penalised for being hit by the marked car.
Mr Horne had been walking home in June when the marked police car mounted the pavement and crushed his foot under the wheel.
An apologetic officer then took him to hospital where he spent three hours being treated for his damaged foot.
Mr Horne, who runs his own courier firm, was injured on his way home from a night out with friends.
A flat tyre meant he and his friends were forced to pull over and leave the vehicle's warning lights flashing as they walked along a quiet village road seeking assistance.
Mr Horne recalled: "Apparently somebody saw us and thought we were dumping the car and they rang the police.
"I was just walking along the pavement and heard the police car siren coming behind us.
"The next thing I knew was that the police car came onto the pavement to stop us.
"The car hit my right leg and I fell over - with my foot being crushed under the front wheel of the patrol car.
"It was agony and my foot was in a hell of a state. We explained to the police that we were innocent and they quickly found out we were telling the truth."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Brits are so funny.
He’d better not be a smoker, or the Socialized Health System will refuse to treat his foot.
Kinda like the Chinese charging the family for the bullet they used to execute dad.
LOL That’s true! LOL The world’s gone mad ...
Is that Thurston Howell III?
Ted Knight, Caddyshack
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