'Paltry' £33,000 compensation for woman run over by Bon Jovi buggy

A WOMAN who was run over by a member of the rock group Bon Jovi's staff at a concert has won £33,000 compensation - but says she has lost more through missed earnings.

Security guard Sally Allen still finds it difficult to walk after she had her leg broken, her foot crushed and her toe dislocated in the incident with a roadie driving a golf buggy in June 2006.

The mother-of-one decided to settle the case after four years of constant wrangling with the band's solicitors.

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The 39-year-old said: "I have gone through hell since the accident. I have not been able to work for years and my marriage broke down and now, all I have been left with is 33,000 .

"At first we were going for 250,000 so this is a big let down. I had no idea it would go on this long or be this hard. I thought it best that I draw a line under it and get on with my life because I can't cope with it any more.

"In the end I only ended up with about 3,000 after I paid back what I had been paid in disability benefits and paying the solicitor.

"It's hard because I've lost more money than that with not working for four years."

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Ms Allen, from Pontefract, was working as security at the Bon Jovi gig at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes when gas canisters went off, bursting into flames. She evacuated the venue and set up a safe zone.

She said: "Then a golf buggy reared up, driven by Kevin McDonnell, a member of the entourage.

"I told him he couldn't pass through but he refused to listen to me and targeted his buggy straight at me. He rolled over my right leg. It was agony."

Mrs Allen was rushed to hospital but she was discharged later in the day. It was only when she went home and went back to hospital that they discovered she had broken her leg.

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She suffered another setback six weeks later when doctors found a blood clot under her potted leg.

She still struggles to walk far and often gets severe cramp in her knees.

Police could not charge American Mr McDonnell with any driving offences because he does not live in the country.

A spokesperson for Bon Jovi said the band was unaware of this incident and that the employee no longer works for them.