Disabled woman shatters ankle falling into pothole on first family outing since Covid

Covid.Sally Philburn had been enjoying weekend sojourn to Flamborough, a village on the Yorkshire coast, on Sunday, January 23, when calamity hit.After taking in the seaside air, the Barnsley mum, who suffers from the painful musculoskeletal condition fibromyalgia, returned to the carpark where her electric mobility car was charging with her husband and son, Yorkshire Live reports.By this point Sally said it was "pitch black", and when her son who was walking in front of her moved out of the way, she fell into a concrete ditch.The family had plugged their car in at St Nicholas Street car park and headed to a nearby café for a cup of coffee while they waited for the car to charge.But when they returned to the car park just after 5pm, the family claim it was "pitch black" and Sally said that there was "absolutely no lighting" in the car park, which is when she claims she fell and seriously hurt herself.

She told YorkshireLive: "It was about 5 o'clock-ish, so it had just got dark and we'd walked through the car park and we were coming back to the car.

My son was in front of me and he'd moved out of the way and I fell into a pothole. "As I fell into the hole my husband caught me and, if not, I'd have probably broken my arm."We went back to Barnsley and I got a taxi to our A&E, they said it's so swollen they can't tell yet whether it's broken."Sally said that, despite being in "agony" she'd had no choice but to drive her family home from Malton, as her husband does not drive and her son is not yet old enough."Luckily we have an electric car so I was able to drive home, as I didn't need to use that foot to drive", she said.But Sally's husband, Phil, had been close to calling for an immediate ambulance as he was so worried.