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A health worker who dislocated her ankle by tripping over a pothole was told by her local council that the craters area a 'fact of life' when she asked for compensation.
Rebecca Salisbury, 23, was left in the 'worst pain' ever when she took a tumble on a damaged section of tarmac next to a car park, in Preston, Lancs.
She was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and later put to sleep so doctors could 'pull' her bone back into place and fit a cast.
Ms Salisbury put in a compensation claim to Lancashire County Council to cover taxi trips for appointments, costs for hospital parking and other expenses.
But she was left appalled when their rejection letter quoted the past legal case, which also said 'in a less than perfect world', potholes should be expected.
Rebecca Salisbury dislocated her ankle by tripping over a pothole was told by her local council that the craters area a 'fact of life'. She's pictured in hospital after the fall
She was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and later put to sleep so doctors could 'pull' her bone back into place and fit a cast
This is the pothole that Ms Salisbury tripped over in Preston, Lancashire
The letter Ms Salisbury said she received from the council refusing her claim
She couldn't work for four weeks and had to cancel a holiday with friends to Dublin - while needing day-to-day help from her mother.
Ms Salisbury said: 'I was horrified. I came home, and my mum said, 'I think your council letter has come.' I opened it and I was just shocked.
'I was like, 'That is absolutely disgusting'. They didn't have to say it. They could have just said, 'Your claim has been rejected.' I thought it was very rude and not necessary.
'It was the worst pain I've experienced in my life, 100 per cent. I was in terrible agony.
'And I lost taxi fares because my mum doesn't drive, my dad works full time and I couldn't drive - for hospital appointments.'
'I wasn't looking for £50,000, just something to cover the cost that I had spent.'
Ms Salisbury, who is also a post-graduate student at the University of Central Lancashire, tripped on Seed Street in her home town of Preston on January 25.
And after she hit the tarmac, just outside a car park at around 10am, she felt a horrendous pain at the base of her leg and soon realised she was severely injured.
She said: 'I couldn't move. I knew I had done something to my ankle because I was in so much pain. It was kind of a blur.
'Someone had called my mum, and obviously, an ambulance was called as well.
Ms Salisbury put in a compensation claim to Lancashire County Council to cover taxi trips for appointments, costs for hospital parking and other expenses
But she was left appalled when their rejection letter quoted the past legal case, which also said 'in a less than perfect world', potholes should be expected
'The paramedics couldn't give me much. I think they gave me morphine, gas and air. But I used the whole tank of it.
'It's only a 15-minute
