Sylvia Brown, 60, from Devon is seeking a compensation claim after being left paralysed on what should have been a £7,000 trip of a lifetime.
Mrs Brown was thrown into the air from her seat on the second day of her holiday, celebrating her 60th birthday and 40th wedding anniversary with husband John, after the train lurched to a halt, “turning and turning” until she crashed to the floor.
After the accident Mrs Brown spent 16 days in intensive care in Bangkok Hospital, Thailand, before being flown to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. She was diagnosed with C. difficile and was tetraplegic for months, but has now regained movement in her upper arms, although she has been told that she will never walk again.
Mrs Brown has had to give up her job at the Devon Wildlife Trust and the couple have sold their house to pay for the long-term care of her personal injury. The local council has told the couple that their current home, a bungalow, cannot be converted so that it is wheelchair-accessible. This means that the couple now face living apart for the first time in 40 years as Mrs Brown will have to be moved to a care home.
This case could set a legal precedent, as the couple are suing the tour company, Bath Travel, for long-term care expenses, as well as the Eastern Orient Express and its parent company.
The couple’s lawyer, Julian Chamberlayne, says that the case is still being investigated.
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