A personal injury compensation award of £300,000 has been won by a Blackburn farther of two after being run over in his home town.
Serious brain injuries were sustained by Zahid Hussain when a silver Volvo ran into him.
As a consequence Hussain was left with life threatening condition with four fractures to his skull and a swelling on the brain.
The accident resulted in Mr Hussain awarded personal injury compensation after the car driver's insurance company came to a compromise with Mr Hussein's family.
Mr Hussain's family settled out of court to avoid a potentially costly trial even as the lawyers for the claimant were set to argue that the driver of the car was entirely to blame for the accident.