A postal worker who suffered crippling leg injuries when his stationary van was hit by another vehicle has received £550,000 compensation.

Andrew Hutcheson, from Eynesbury, St Neots, spent three months in hospital after breaking both legs in multiple places in the accident last November.

The 59-year-old was sorting out parcels at the back of his Parcel Force van when it was hit by another vehicle, which crushed his legs.

After receiving £550,000 from a personal injury claim, Andrew and disabled wife Rose, 67, will now use the award to pay for their move from a second floor flat with no lift, to a nearby specially adapted home.

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DOZENS of postal workers left Hitchin sorting office for the last time today (Saturday) as mail services cease to be provided there, just as a consultation gets underway to determine the future of the site.

Services will be relocated to Stevenage – as announced by Royal Mail in 2010 – with the 70 employees working their last shift today.

Read more: Last day for postal workers at Hitchin sorting office – News – The Comet.

APWU members will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of $375 per year in September 2013, in accordance with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The raise is the result of an increase in the consumer price index (CPI-W) since January 2012. It is the second COLA under the contract. The expected effective date is Sept. 7, 2013 (Pay Period 20-2013).

Under the terms of the 2010 National Agreement, the first two cost-of-living adjustments are based on the January and July 2012 CPI-W but are deferred until 2013.

The first COLA under the contract is $62 per year and is expected to become effective  on March 9, 2013 (Pay Period 07-2013).

There will be seven COLAs under the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, with the five remaining  adjustments based on the January 2013, July 2013, January 2014, July 2014, and January 2015 CPI-W.

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