Woman files the most Aussie insurance claim ever
Insurance companies have seen it all – from awarding a man $30,000 after a coconut fell on his head to a cruise passenger whose dentures went overboard and claimed it as “lost baggage”. But this has to be the most uniquely Australian insurance claim we’ve ever seen.
Fiona Cosgrove was driving home to her farm one night last month when a kangaroo allegedly jumped out of the scrub on Tomkins Road, located 350km north of Perth.
The huge roo smashed into the side of her car, causing a decent amount of damage. Cosgrove even backed up her claim with a drawing of the incident, and answered the question of who was to blame and why with, “Kangaroo for jumping out in front from the scrub”.
Image credit: Fiona Cosgrove.
“As you can see from my drawings, which I must add was drawn to scale, he was a huge beast,” she told WA Today. “My husband let out a shriek but alas it was too late.”
Fiona added, “The massive marsupial had done a number on the left-hand side of our Kia Sorrento. He bounced from the front bumper down the side of the car, smashing out the fog light, bending the wheel arch out of place, totalling the mud flap and then destroying the front passenger door.
“Luckily I’m an extremely experienced bush rally driver and I was able to complete the rest of the journey without incident, allowing my three children to carry on sleeping and my husband to continue to tell me how to drive.”
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