A Grandmother who was left severely brain damaged after she was hit by a police car has received more than £3m in compensation.

The woman was hit on a pelican crossing as the patrol car drove through a red light while responding to a 999 call to a shop, where a group of youths were reported to be stealing drinks and sandwiches.

The mother-of-three was struck as the police officer was overtaking parked cars.
She suffered internal bleeding, a broken collarbone and pelvis, and a blood clot on her brain.

The police officer later admitted dangerous driving and received a six-month suspended prison sentence.

He was forced to resign from the force following the accident in April 2002.

The woman was left in a coma for more than six months and her husband, was warned that, even if she survived, she would be brain dead.

Now, five years after the accident, she is confined to a wheelchair and needs to be fed and washed, although she recently managed to kiss her husband and mutter the words “hello” and “morning”.

The woman will need 24-hour care from a team of assistants for the rest of her life.

The husband lodged a claim with the High Court, in London, for £3.7m but the force has now settled out of court.

The settlement comes after figures from the Independent Police Complaints Commission showed 32 people killed by police cars last year, five times more than a decade earlier

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