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20/09/2013
Undisclosed Damages Awarded To Cyclist Injured By Oldham Potholes
A Team Sky cycling boss has settled a claim against Oldham Council after she was injured when she hit a pothole and fell off her bike.
34-year-old Fran Millar, head of business operations at Team Sky, lost several teeth and was left with fractures to her cheek, jaw and fingers after she was thrown from her bike when it hit a pothole. Ms Millar had swerved to avoid a pothole just before hitting a second one in the incident in Oldham's High Street in May 2010.
She had made a claim against Oldham Council for a defect in the road, which has been settled for undisclosed damages.
Oldham Council have said there was a "national pothole funding crisis".
(MH/CD)
34-year-old Fran Millar, head of business operations at Team Sky, lost several teeth and was left with fractures to her cheek, jaw and fingers after she was thrown from her bike when it hit a pothole. Ms Millar had swerved to avoid a pothole just before hitting a second one in the incident in Oldham's High Street in May 2010.
She had made a claim against Oldham Council for a defect in the road, which has been settled for undisclosed damages.
Oldham Council have said there was a "national pothole funding crisis".
(MH/CD)
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