Soldier who lost her leg after he was crushed by armoured car in Afghanistan sues MOD

A former soldier who misplaced his leg after he was crushed by an armoured automotive at an Afghanistan base is suing the Ministry of Defence.

Mark Western, 30, was run over as he and 19 fellow troopers pulled a 'Husky' car for a charity occasion on the Ouellette outpost in Helmand Province, in November 2012.

The 13.6 tonne automotive gained momentum and clipped the soldier's heel, dragging him beneath the wheels.

Mark Western, 30, pictured left and proper, was run over as he and 19 fellow troopers pulled a 13.6 tonne 'Husky' car for a charity occasion on the Ouellette outpost in Helmand Province

The 13.6 tonne automotive, pictured in file picture, gained momentum and clipped the soldier's heel, dragging him beneath the wheels. He in the end needed to have his leg amputated under the knee

Mr Western suffered a string of great accidents together with a fractured vertebrae, damaged pelvis and ruptured bladder. He additionally sustained a number of fractures to his left foot that in the end led to the amputation of his leg under the knee. 

The married father has been left with everlasting again ache and has been compelled to adapt his home to make it wheelchair accessible. 

The MoD has admitted there have been issues with the size of ropes used within the charity problem. It additionally mentioned there was overcrowding on the time of the accident. 

Mr Western, who was serving with the Kings Division of 1 Lancashire Regiment, has already acquired a settlement beneath the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. 

He has now instructed army attorneys Irwin Mitchell to safe a monetary bundle that may cowl his lifetime wants, together with rehabilitation, prosthetics and specialist dwelling gear. 

Mr Western mentioned: 'I've needed to have my home tailored so I can transfer round freely in a wheelchair.

Mr Western, a married father, suffered a string of great accidents together with a fractured vertebrae, damaged pelvis and ruptured bladder. He's now suing the Ministry of Defence

'I've to have a downstairs moist room and wheelchair ramps. These issues price cash and I am nonetheless having surgical procedures to right this and that with my leg so I would want additional gear down the road.' 

Army damage lawyer Paul Weston added: 'Mark suffered horrific accidents which he's nonetheless working onerous to beat and adapt to. He has struggled with on a regular basis duties that many people are in a position to take with no consideration, corresponding to merely transferring from room to room inside his own residence.

'With an amputation comes a lifetime of variations and changes each bodily and mentally.

'Now we have been working with Mark to safe the funding he wants for the remainder of his life to assist him dwell as independently as potential and to get the rehabilitation and appropriate prosthetics to allow him to do that.

'A lot of our injured troopers go on to characterize the nation within the Paralympics or the Invictus Video games and one of many causes for that is that they're able to mix their dedication to succeed with top quality prosthetics and care. However some nonetheless do not know they could be entitled to help past the AFCS.'

The MoD has been approached for remark.

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