TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017 LEICESTER MERCURY
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❚❙ Injured trying to steer away from youths without helmets
Mum crashes
car swerving
to avoid pair
on motorbikes
BY JACOB JARVIS
A mother-of-two spun her car
off a road and crashed into a
tree as she swerved to avoid a
motorcyclist heading straight
for her.
Leanne Hunt, 30, of East Lang-
ton, Market Harborough, was
driving alone to a family meal
in Oadby at 6.20pm on
Thursday, November 9, when
her ordeal began.
As she travelled down Thorpe
Langton Road, East Langton,
she saw two lights coming to-
wards her which she thought
were a car.
Their movements became er-
ratic and she realised it was
two youths on motorbikes, rid-
ing without helmets.
As one came directly at her
she instinctively shifted her
car out of the way.
Her Nissan Qashqai hit a
patch of mud, went into a spin
and slid down a ditch.
She came to a stop when she
hit a tree.
Fortunately, she did not sus-
tain any long-term injuries.
TRAUMA: Leanne Hunt being taken away for treatment after her car crashed as she tried to avoid two youths. Above, her injuries
Ms Hunt said: “One of the mo-
torbikes travelled to my side of
the road and was coming
straight at my car.
“It was my instant reaction to
swerve. The outcome would
have been much worse if I hit
them. I couldn’t have lived with
myself if I hit one of them and
killed them.”
Despite the trauma, she says
she is lucky to have not have
been more badly injured.
She has extensive bruising
across her body and may need
physiotherapy on her shoulder.
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Her mouth was so badly hurt
she could not speak properly
until Saturday.
After the incident, a passing
motorist stopped to assist her
and her family was called.
Her partner and dad drove her
to Leicester Royal Infirmary
where she was immediately
strapped to a board and taken
for scans.
She was kept in hospital for
the night on a drip, but was able
to go home the next day.
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not slightly slowed her car she
fears she could have suffered
more severe injuries. Com-
menting on the two riders, she
said: “I know it will be hard for
them to be caught, but even if I
prevent this happening to any-
body else, I’d like them to real-
ise what they’ve done.
“I could have had my children
in the car with me.
“They need to know what
they’ve done.”
She said the fact they did not
stop to see if she was okay was a
“kick in the teeth” as, even if
they did not see her crash, she
believes they would have heard
it.
Since the incident, she is
scared of getting behind the
wheel again.
She said: “I don’t want to
drive. I’m scared to death of
every loud noise.
“The flashbacks are terrible
and I’m not sleeping.”
Leicestershire Police has con-
firmed it has had a report of the
incident and that inquiries are
ongoing.
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