A WOMAN who lost her leg in a crash has had her mobility car taken away... despite not being able to walk more than a few metres.

Bethany Bright was seriously injured in a crash in Corringham when riding her motorbike in June last year.

She required specialist treatment which resulted in her left leg being amputated.

The 22-year-old, from Canvey, was fitted with a prosthetic and has gone through months of pain and treatment through physiotherapy.

Despite progressing, she still cannot walk more than 50 metres unaided, and was provided with a mobility car through the Department for Work and Pensions - as part of her Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - to allow her get to and from work.

However, 18 months after her crash, she has been told she no longer needs her car and it has been withdrawn.

Ms Bright said she could lose her job if she cannot keep her mobility car and will not be able to attend her prosthetic centre appointments.

She said: “Now I’m able to walk on a good day between 20 to 50 metres I apparently no longer require a mobility car, even though on a bad day I can’t wear my prosthetic leg which means I can’t even leave the house alone let alone walk.

“I disputed it and they still say I don’t need it. I reduced my hours at work to part time due to full time just being too much for me and taking it out of me.

“So now they are taking my car away from me, there is no other way to get to my work and I physically can’t work full time to afford a car and insurance, so as of the New Year I’ll be jobless and car-less.

“I won’t be able to get to my prosthetic centre in Crystal Palace so as soon as my leg doesn’t fit me I won’t be able to walk anywhere.”

Ms Bright’s mother, Debbie, said Government assessor are being “unnecessarily cruel” to her daughter.

She said: “She completely relies on this car. Without it she will not be able to go to work or any of her many medical appointments. By taking her car they are taking a 22-year-old girl’s independence away. We are appalled.

“This cruel system is making her ‘disabled’ while she has worked so hard through terrible pain to lead as normal a life as possible.”

A spokesman for the DWP said: “Assessments for PIP are carried out by qualified health professionals, who understand that not everybody with the same disability is affected in the same way. Decisions for PIP are made using all the available evidence, and anyone who disagrees with a decision can appeal.”