Glasgow pensioner 'partially blind' after horror fall as she slams 'cracked' city road

A Glasgow pensioner has been left 'partially blind' after tripping over a "crack" in the road.

Catriona Graham, 71, suffered nasty injuries following a fall on Crow Road, in Broomhill, around 6pm on Friday November 1. She was crossing at the pedestrian lights outside Wee Paree when she fell on her face.

Locals came to her aid and she was rushed to hospital where she spent six hours in A&E and had to have multiple stitches in her head. Opening up on the traumatic ordeal, she told Glasgow Live: "I thought I had cracked my skull.

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"It was dark and I tripped in one of the crevices and fell on my face, in the middle of the road, and hit my head. I had black eyes and bruises on my face. It was very painful."

Catriona says she can't see out of her left eye and is waiting to speak to a specialist, who will determine whether or not she needs eye surgery.

She added: "It was frightening because I thought I couldn’t get up. I'm a pensioner and you get people older crossing the road, it could have been worse. I could have been killed.

"I'm a bit better now but for the month I’ve not been able to drive to work as my eyesight has been affected. My livelihood depends on driving. I might need eye surgery.

"There were some fabulous people in the Broomhill neighbourhood, thank you to all who helped me."

She has now slammed Glasgow City Council for the state of Crow Road and in particular the area where she fell, which she says is riddled with cracks and potholes.

Catriona has written to the council urging them to fix the road and compensate her for the ordeal.

She explained: "There’s quite a lot of cracks in the road and the pothole situation is ridiculous. It’s a very busy road and there have been a lot of complaints.

"It’s dangerous at night as there’s too many cracks. There’s these crevices about two inches down across the road, and there’s more than one.

"They (GCC) are not doing enough to fix the roads in my opinion. They have really got to rectify the roads. The council has got to be held responsible because we all pay our taxes."

Glasgow City Council have wished Catriona well and hope she "makes a swift recovery."

A spokesman added: "We were saddened to hear of this incident and we hope she makes a swift recovery.

"This part of Crow Road was recently inspected and will be maintained in line with our road inspection and repairs policy, which prioritises the most serious road faults for repair.

"Any claim will be considered in the appropriate manner and in-line with our road inspection and repairs policy."

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