Passengers helped search for the tip of the child’s finger after the accident in 2016.
THE FAMILY OF a child who had her fingertip cut off following an accident involving a retractable seat on the Luas have been awarded €50,000 in compensation in civil court today.
He said that once the fingertip was found Amie’s mother rushed her daughter to the Beacon Hospital where she was initially treated before being transferred to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin for surgery. Amie’s father, who sued tram owners Transdev Dublin Light Rail and tram interior fitters Alstom Transport Ireland on behalf of his daughter, told the court in an affidavit that his daughter had been seated in her buggy which had been parked in the area designated for buggy’s on the Luas when the accident happened.
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