Police constable who was crushed by car while trying to save runners speaks of journey on TV
A Staffordshire Police constable who was seriously injured in the life of duty when trying to stop an out-of-control driver fleeing from police has shared her inspirational story on a BBC One TV show.
PC Claire Bond, who is now the branch treasurer and wellbeing lead for Staffordshire Police Federation, spoke about her recovery and rehab from series injuries on the daytime TV show Critical Incident.
In September 2018, the constable from Cheslyn Hay risked her life trying to stop a criminal she was trying to arrest from driving into runners taking part in the Stafford 10k run.
She was left with serious injuries after being crushed by the car and dragged along the ground.
Claire said: "When he started reversing the car, dragging me down the fence, it was like I was in a washing machine.
"My body was just turning then all of a sudden I felt a quite a hard hit and I remember thinking my legs hurt."
Claire has raised thousands of pounds for the Care of Police Survivors (COPS) charity and Mind, and supported other officers.
And she told Critical Incident viewers that during her stay at the Police Treatment Centre in Harrogate she had an idea to help other police officers and staff.
"I went up for a two-week wellbeing course and I looked around at the place and thought what a shame we can’t have treatment centres in each of the forces," she said.
"Obviously, it’s way too much money but is there something we can implement that people have got somewhere to go to?
"Off the back of that, we started to really try to work on completing some wellbeing rooms.
