A pensioner has broken her leg after falling on a pavement on one of Magherafelt’s busiest streets.

Madge Andrews, from the Moneymore Road, broke her knee cap after falling at Rainey Street last Wednesday.

Now the unfortunate pensioner will spend a painful Christmas with her right leg wrapped in plaster.

The 81-year-old, who did not want to be pictured, says road bosses should do more to fix up the town’s footpaths. “It was a terrible shock for me,” she said. “

A couple of men came to help me and lifted me up and then blood started to come out of my nose.

“It actually managed to drive home and it wasn’t until my daughter came home and saw my knee that she took me to the Mid Ulster Hospital in Magherafelt.

“When I got there they put a plaster on me from the ankle to the top of my leg. Now I’m going to be like this for Christmas and that’s what has annoyed me.”

The pensioner says DRD chiefs should act before someone else follows her fate.

“They are spending money on other works and they should concentrate on fixing pathways as well.”

A spokesman for the DRD said: “The footways on Rainey Street were resurfaced in the mid 1990s.

“All adopted footways are routinely inspected and any defects repaired were necessary.

“Roads Service investigate all complaints raised by the public but to date have not been contacted regarding this accident.”