A BRADFORD lollipop lady has spoken out about her shock after being hit by a car outside a school.

It happened on the day pupils at Wibsey Primary School broke up for half term last Friday.

At around 8.45am, Lynne Ball was struck on North Road as she was crossing over to go help a set of nursery children.

Mrs Ball, a lollipop lady of 20 years, said: "The driver didn’t indicate. The car came around the corner and slammed into me.

 

"Thank god one of the little ones were not hit. If that would have happened, they would have been seriously injured if not dead.

"It was a huge shock when it happened. I am just grateful that it wasn’t one of the children.

"I have never had this before. I have worked on some of the worst crossings in Bradford.

"That road is a real nightmare. They could do with some speed cameras up. Something needs to be done."

The incident prompted headteacher Nigel Cooper to stage a strongly-worded written intervention.

In a newsletter to parents and carers, he hit out at “extreme verbal abuse” volleyed at traffic wardens and police staff.

Mr Cooper went to on to suggest that should someone be killed that “it will be on your heads”.

West Yorkshire Police confirmed that an investigation into the collision is ongoing.