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Article: FAMILY FINANCE: Check the cost of your accident insurance Personal accident cover can be bought for less through Lloyd's or your broker than through the major companies, writes Damian Reece
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- June 22, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Sunday Telegraph London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This year's high society sporting events are well under way with
Ascot and the Lord's test match grabbing the headlines last week
and Wimbledon starting tomorrow.
But people across the country will be trying to recreate the
festival atmosphere of these occasions at a host of smaller
sporting events and village fetes throughout the summer.
But with any public event there is the risk of accident.
For instance, earlier this year at Southall racecourse a horse
ran amok, kicking a small child out of a push chair and narrowly
missing several other members of the crowd.
Ascot itself has seen some dramatic accidents in the past,
including the injuries sustained by a man two years ago when he
tried ...