Car crash victim gets €5m settlement over injuries

THE High Court has approved a settlement of €5 million to a 28-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries after the car she was a back-seat passenger in was struck by an uninsured drunk driver who broke a red light.

Yesterday the court heard that Yvonnie Mutuhle, a native of Zimbabwe, will require constant care for the rest of her life as she no longer has the capacity to look after herself as a result of the injuries she sustained in an accident that occurred six years ago.

Ms Mutuhle with an address at the Old School House, Eblana Avenue, Dun Laoghaire who had sued through her father Godfrey Zireva, who resides in Britain, settled her action for damages arising out of the alleged negligence of the driver of the other car Faye Sherlock, Swanbrook, Kilruddery, Bray, Co Wicklow and the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland.