Hull dad knocked off bike in hit and run gets…

A cyclist who was on his way to collect his child from nursery when he was knocked off his bike by a motorbike rider has been awarded nearly £18,000 in compensation. Despite the motorbike rider responsible never being traced the father-of-two, who suffered a broken wrist in the accident, was compensated by the English Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) in his successful personal injury claim. The MIB is a not-for-profit company set up by motor insurers to compensate victims of motor accidents involving uninsured drivers and it also provides a route for the victims of ‘hit and run’ accidents to claim damages for injuries caused by a person who cannot be traced. Read more:Patient receives £80k pay out after losing vision in eye due to appointment mix-up The dad, who has two young children, had to borrow from relatives while off work with his injuries but says he had no idea the MIB existed until he contacted Hudgell Solicitors. “I was looking online to see if there was anything I could do,” he explained, “and when I contacted Hudgells they explained they could take up my case through the MIB. It’s been absolutely brilliant.” The man, aged 29 when the accident happened, was on 21st Avenue, in north Hull on a summer’s afternoon when he was hit. “I was cycling to the nursery to pick up my child,” he said, “which is something I normally did and then we’d walk back home together. As I was turning in th
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