A woman from Norfolk has been awarded over £9 million in compensation for injuries she received as a child, reports the BBC.

The woman, who is now aged 23, was hit by a car at the age of seven. She almost died as a result of the accident, and suffered severe brain damage that altered her personality and left her needing the constant supervision of two carers.

The insurers of the car driver had been found liable, and the woman has finally been awarded a lump sum of £2,875,000, plus index-linked annual payments of £191,758 for the rest of her life.