THREE generations of the same family are still battling for compensation after their dream Kenyan safari holiday turned to disaster.

Mrs Michelle Lamprecht, her 11-year-old daughter, Danielle, and her mother, Mrs Anne Burgess, all had to be airlifted to hospital after the mini-bus they were travelling in smashed into a four-by-four vehicle driven by a party of Italians.

The family had been celebrating Mrs Lamprecht's 40th birthday and were setting out for a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro when the crash happened.

"The four-by-four was a write-off and the front end of our mini-bus was all smashed in, " said Michelle.

"My mother fractured an arm and cut another arm, dislocated her shoulder and had bruises on her face and the top of her body. "I tore ligaments in my knee and Danielle suffered whiplash."

Michelle and Danielle, of Moseley Road, Burnley, and Anne, of Hollingreave Road, Burnley, were airlifted to Nairobi Hospital by the Flying Doctors of the African Medical and Research Foundation, AMREF.

"They were brilliant," added Michelle. "If it had not been for them I don't know what we would have done."

Now the family is trying to get some kind of compensation from the holiday company, London-based Hayes and Jarvis, after their holiday, costing well over £3,000, ended in injury and heartache.

Divorced Michelle, 41, added: "I lost my job as a sewing machinist as a result of being off work for so long afterwards and I'm still waiting to see a specialist. My mother cannot move her arm properly.

"We have tried to get compensation from the holiday company but they say it's not their responsibility." Hayes and Jarvis declined to comment on the case.

The work of the Flying Doctors is to be featured in a new BBC series, 999 International presented by Michael Buerk, starting on August 1. More information on AMREF Flying Doctors is available from AMREF, FREEPOST, LON383, London SW1H 9YU or by ringing 0171 222 3781.

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