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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paul Britton

'My lovely mum tripped over a raised water grid on a pavement and died - now they won't alter it'

A retired primary school teacher died 18 months after she tripped over a raised water grid on a pavement during her daily coronavirus lockdown walk with her husband.

Now the family of grandmother-of-three Liz Taylor, who was 68, say they can't get council bosses to consider lowering the grid's height to protect others.

They said they tried at the time of her fall, but were told by the council after an inspection that its height didn't meet 'investigatory levels' set out in highways safety policies. The grid remains exactly the same to this day.

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