Photo: Claire Lorenc
A 22-year-old student had her car crushed by a falling tree from her neighbour’s garden.
Claire Lorenc’s car was written-off on Sunday, November 1, at 12.15pm, on Harcourt Road in Broomhill, after strong winds blew over a 10-foot tree.
The third year English Language and Literature student said her red ‘N’-registration Nissan Micra is only worth £300, so she will trade it in under the car scrappage scheme without claiming on insurance.
She said: “There was a massive gust of wind. One of my housemates saw the tree fall and said: ‘Claire, I think your car is under it’.
“We spoke to my landlord because we thought that it was in my garden but it wasn’t. The landlord said it was in the neighbouring landlord’s garden”.
Lorenc’s landlord, who does not wish to be named, said: “There was a little bit of a dispute between myself and the neighbouring landlord. I said to him that it was his tree. He was saying he wasn’t sure it was his tree. It clearly wasn’t my tree.”
Welfare Officer Jennifer Hastings said that students who have problems with insurance should remember that the Student Advice Centre can provide student representation.
She said informing Sheffield City Council about these kinds of incidents is also important.