Legal action for getting injured by an overhanging branch is being considered by a blind Coventry man, after injuring his eye.
The accident took place in Cox Street, close to the city centre’s bus station, and as a consequence, Mohammed Mansha, 51, of Foleshill, in Coventry, had to receive hospital treatment.
The victim told a newspaper that he had only recently started to venture out on his own and this accident had been a major blow to his confidence.
According to the claims of Mr. Mansha the bushes along Cox Street adjacent to the National Express bus depot, had become over-grown and over-hanging branches were causing an obstruction to pedestrians, and the branch that damaged his eye was at head height and he couldn’t see it while walking.
For treatment of his injury, Mr. Mansha attended the Hillfields walk-in medical centre where he was advised to attend the specialist eye unit at the University Hospital in Walsgrave, and was diagnosed with a ‘grazed eye’.
A letter of complaint to National Express, accompanied with photographs of the offending branches has been sent by Mr. Mansha and legal action has been threatened by him if the bus company doesn’t rectify the issue.