Appeal for witnesses from Yeovil brain injury victim

Appeal for witnesses from Yeovil brain injury victim

1:00pm Tuesday 10th December 2013 in News

A YEOVIL cyclist who suffered a serious brain injury when he was involved in a head-on collision has appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

Antony Richardson spent several weeks in a medically-induced coma following the crash, which happened on August 1 last year on Lyde Road.

Although he eventually regained consciousness and subsequently returned home, Mr Richardson, 39, suffered a catalogue of injuries including a serious brain injury.

He has no recollection of the incident itself, and he is now appealing through his lawyer for any witnesses to help piece together exactly what happened, to help him secure the long-term care and treatment he will need.

Vijay Mehan, a specialist serious injury lawyer with Slater & Gordon, said that Mr Richardson was lucky to be alive.

This was a horrific incident, one which has had a catastrophic impact on Antony and his family, said Mr Mehan.

Antony was riding his bike along Lyde Road, near to the junction which forms the entrance to the Lidl supermarket, when he collided head-on with a vehicle coming in the other direction.

Mr Richardson, of Marlborough Road, was propelled through the air in the collision and suffered a number of injuries including a broken cheek bone, fractures to his right thigh and further broken bones in his calf, shin and foot.

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