A former nursing student has received a six-figure sum, with help from
UNISON, after she lost her leg in a motorbike crash.
Lisa Bennett, 43, from Poole in Dorset, has been cared for by her son since
she was knocked off her 125cc motorbike by a car in December 2004.
The trainee psychiatric nurse, who had been riding motorbikes for more than
20 years, had to have extensive treatment and counselling after suffering a
shattered right leg, which was so badly injured it was amputated below the
knee.
Ms Bennett needed four further operations after the amputation to control
infection and also suffered injuries to her left knee, a fractured spine, broken
ribs and a broken shoulder.
The mother-of-one now uses a prosthetic limb, but due to severe nerve
damage, she still suffers extreme pain and must use a wheelchair to help her
around the house and when traveling long distances.
She had been in her second year of a degree at Bournemouth University at
the time of the crash and had hoped to work at Kings Park Hospital in
Boscombe, specialising in Alzheimer
