A penisioner who fell over an overgrown plant and broke her pelvis has been awarded a 'substantial' payout from the council.
Hanorah Hoult, 72, of Station Road, Lundwood, tripped when her foot became entangled in a New Zealand flax plant, known as Phormium, as she made her way back from a Barnsley FC match nearly two years ago.
She had been walking on a footpath after leaving the Oakwell stadium and was heading towards Pontefract Road when the plant got caught around her ankle and she fell.
She said: "I'm a season ticket holder for Barnsley, I love my football, and we'd had a good match.
"It was a local derby against Sheffield United and it was a dry but bitter day so I was wrapped up well and that's what saved me.
"I was walking towards Pontefract Road and there were lots of overhanging plants, like yucca plants.
"I just went up in the air and ended up cracking my pelvic bone. The plants were quite strong, you wouldn't be able to break them - they broke me."
