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A “horrific” bike crash which has left a woman with multiple injuries has sparked fresh calls to the council to fix Buckinghamshire’s crumbling roads.

The shocking crash is just the latest in a line of incidents, after a 91-year-old woman this week revealed how she was badly bruised after tripping over on a damaged pavement.

Sally Reynders-Messenger was cycling at speed along Back Lane in Chalfont St Giles on Monday, May 7 when she struck a pothole – throwing her over the handlebars and into the road.

The 56-year-old “blacked out”, broke multiple bones in her face, and potentially needs to have her eye-socket re-aligned as a result of the horrific crash.

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Just days before, Audrey Brown was walking along Furlong Road in Bourne End when she tripped on a damaged pavement and fell to the ground, moments after she got off a bus.

The 91-year-old is usually very active – however she has been left badly bruised as a result of the incident so has struggled to leave her home due to the pain.

And last week another cyclist was left needing numerous operations after he hit a nine-inch pothole, masked with rainwater, in Stony Stratford.

The incidents have prompted fresh calls to Bucks County Council (BCC) fix the county’s deteriorating roads – after severe winter weather added to the growing number of potholes across Bucks.

Mrs Reynders- Messenger’s son, Charlie, took to Twitter following the crash, saying: “Potholes in the road caused by mum to have quite a horrific bike crash which has resulted in multiple facial bone breakages, nerve damage, teeth damage, and potentially permanent eye damage. State of the roads in Bucks in an absolute sham and genuinely dangerous. Sort it out @buckscc”.

Speaking to the Bucks Free Press the 22-year-old said his mum’s crash was “an accident waiting to happen” and called for BCC to “keep a closer eye on the roads” so more people aren’t injured.

He said: “She was only about 200 metres out of the door and she was going pretty fast and hit a pothole and went into the road. She was wearing a helmet.

“The council just needs to keep a closer eye on it. I lived in Birmingham for three years and the roads are in much better condition, and they are used by so many more people.”

Mrs Brown, who lives in Alfred Court in Bourne End says there are numerous elderly residents in the complex that are too scared to leave the house in fear they will fall over on the damaged pavements.

She said: “It’s potholes – not as big as you get in the roads but it is potholes. It is right by the kerb – the kerb is basically non-existent and you are expected to get off the bus there.

“Anyway I got off the bus and walked about two yards and down I went.

“I rang BCC and I would say I was rude. I apologised for being a moaning Minnie poorly – but I’m 91 not 19 you know.”

BCC said it will investigate Mrs Reynders-Messenger’s crash, however said Transport for Bucks has a “worst first” approach when it comes footpath repairs – and Furlong Road was not flagged during consultations.

Spokesman, Florence Matthews, said: “Transport for Buckinghamshire does look at footway specific insurance claims, potholes and the condition of footways when prioritising improvement schemes.

“Our focus is currently on footways where significant footfall is experienced e.g. town centres and the like. In addition, local members are encouraged to suggest potential local sites/schemes at our annual consultation meetings – the members being representatives of the local residents.”

The incidents came after the Free Press joined forces with pothole campaigner Mr Pothole in order to force the council to act over the worst road in the county.

Residents across Bucks are urged send nominations for the most damaged road in Bucks to andrew.colley@london.newsquest.co.uk