A person is affected by PTSD after breaking his leg in a horror fall on an "un-gritted" Scots street.
Nicholas Bell was in agonising ache and compelled to spend weeks in hospital following the autumn on Murdoch Terrace in Edinburgh in January final 12 months.
The 39-year-old, who's from the capital, has since complained to Edinburgh Metropolis Council - however he is been advised the icy pavement was "not a vital security defect".
Nick says he had "a panic assault" and was "screaming for assist" earlier than a member of the general public got here to his help, reviews Edinburgh Reside.
An ambulance rushed him to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary the place he spent 10 days whereas surgeons operated on his damaged leg.
Nick ended up again in hospital shortly after falling, and he confronted additional issues when the autumn result in the screws in his bone turning into bent and damaged - which he described as "excruciatingly painful".
Nick stated: "It is best to have seen me ready every week for an operation, my leg was like an elephant leg. The surgeons had two pages of ready lists for operations.
"MSPs and native councillors had been screaming for assist with the cruel circumstances of the pavements.
"On the day of the incident I used to be going to Sainsbury’s actually two minutes away from my doorstep. The circumstances had been round -5 there was a transparent frosty efficient on the trail on the street and path."
Nick insists he was dressed suitably for the climate and says it was on his journey again he sadly slipped on the black ice.
"I used to be sporting North Face strolling boots and the time was roughly round 7am. I used to be going this time because of my delicate nature of being round individuals," he stated.
"There's a pub on the nook of my road on the time going to Sainsbury’s, I believed it was already open - however because of it being Sunday it didn’t open till 8am.
"So I went again dwelling, however on my manner dwelling strolling previous the pub straight up my road I got here throughout some black ice as a result of lack of care from the council."
The 39-year-old continued: "That was the place, my left foot went ahead in an ungainly manner, to the place my leg twisted and also you heard my leg truly crack like breaking a chunk of ice.
"Mainly I fell backwards, and I couldn't stand up and I couldn’t even carry my leg up I used to be in excessive ache.
"My PTSD truly kicked in to the purpose the place I’m having a panic assault on high of screaming for assist till somebody truly referred to as an ambulance."
"I used to be mainly ready roughly half-hour because of how busy Edinburgh Royal Infirmary had been at the moment.
"The ache I used to be going by means of is one thing I by no means imagined or skilled earlier than."
Regardless of going down over a 12 months in the past, the accident nonetheless impacts his day by day life. Nick defined: "Even the muscle injury I endured nonetheless hasn’t absolutely recovered and I get tingling and numbness sensations nonetheless one 12 months later.
"On high of that typically I’m afraid to go exterior because of all of the stress circumstances I've been put by means of in life."
Nick remains to be pursuing motion over the ache and trauma he has skilled which he believes Edinburgh Council are liable for.
A council spokesperson stated any public legal responsibility insurance coverage declare is taken into account on a person foundation and it will not be acceptable to touch upon particular person instances.