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Clubber shatters elbow after tripping over cycle lane marker on night out

A clubber will need pins and plates in her arm after she broke her elbow tripping over a cycle lane marker. Samantha Skene was on a night out in Middlesbrough when she tripped over the marker, which she couldn’t see in the dark.

She now faces the prospect of being in a cast for weeks and struggles to do simple tasks such as cooking and cleaning. The 27-year-old, who described herself as “the most sober of the group”, was crossing Linthorpe Road to help a friend get out some cash.

But she didn’t spot the cycle lane marker and tripped over it, falling and shattering her elbow. Samantha then had to wait around seven hours for an x-ray at James Cook University Hospital, which confirmed the break, Teesside Live reports.

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The Middlesbrough woman says she will now need pins and a plate in her arm, arguing that the cycle lane should have poles along the road as opposed to the smaller markers, so others don't trip over them as she did. Last month, a Middlesbrough Council spokesperson said the cycle lane has been designed and added to the town "in line with national safety guidelines and schemes in other towns and cities" and will continue to be monitored.

Samantha, who was on Linthorpe Road for the popular midweek Mixtape event, said: "One of my friends needed to get cash out because they don't pay by card and because I was the most sober of the group, I decided I would walk with her to the cash point. It's where Iceland and Tesco are.

"We went across the road at about 11.30 pm and I didn't see the last barrier at the end, and I just tripped over it and my elbow went full smash on it. I just didn't see it because it was so dark - at

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