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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

Liverpool parade crash left me with life-changing spine damage – but government says I’m not injured enough to claim PIP

A former soldier who suffered life-changing injuries trying to protect his family from a car deliberately rammed into crowds during the Liverpool victory parade attack has been refused personal independence payment (PIP).

Dan Eveson suffered a torn trapezius muscle in his neck and back, a broken sternum and three cracked ribs when he was struck by the Ford Galaxy driven by Paul Doyle, as he attempted to push his partner Sheree Aldridge and their five-month-old baby Teddy out of the path of danger.

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