20 July 2012
A series of pavement explosions has injured at least seven pedestrians in London in recent months, the Standard revealed on July 20. One pensioner is now suing a power supply company after he was left seriously injured by an explosion under a manhole in a London street.
The aftermath of a manhole explosion in Hackney
Details of his case emerged just weeks after a woman pedestrian suffered 20 per cent burns in a similar freak explosion in Edgware Road.
Colin Wingate, 75, was left in a wheelchair for nearly three months after the blast blew out a manhole cover he was standing on while chatting to friends.
In May a 55-year-old woman and two other women pedestrians were injured when the pavement they were walking on blew up in an explosion apparently caused by an electrical fault...
