09 knocked down

Knocked down
by a car, his right leg
was shattered.
17 days in hospital,
numerous operations.
He could put no weight at all on that leg
after the accident,
instead relied
on crutches.
When he applied for support
on the basis that he was unable
or virtually unable
to walk,
the Department
knocked him
back.
It said
he could walk
because he could go up to 200 yards
on crutches
before exhaustion set in.

[Huddersfield Examiner, 16/03/2020, Top judges to define what ‘walking’ means]