Liz Hurley 'gets Amazon payout after dog run over'
The actress's labrador suffered a collapsed lung and broken leg when he was hit by an Amazon driver's van outside her home.
Sunday 16 September 2018 10:36, UK
Elizabeth Hurley has reportedly received a payout from Amazon after her dog was run over by a delivery driver's van.
The actress's two-year-old labrador Hector was said to have suffered a collapsed lung and broken leg when he was hit outside her home in Herefordshire in December.
Hurley's sister Katie told the Mail on Sunday: "(Elizabeth) had organised for the walker to take him out with two of our other dogs, and then the next I heard was Hector howling.
"He had staggered back to the house. He collapsed and was bleeding in my arms.
"We thought we were going to lose him, it was just hideous.
"The vet came and thankfully saved his life, which is miraculous.
"We nearly lost him because of this man's appalling driving."
Hurley was "absolutely devastated" after her dog was hit, Katie said.
The family asked Amazon to pay the vet bills, understood to be around £2,000, but the web business had initially refused, according to the report.
But Katie said they changed their mind "pretty quickly" after the family threatened to involve lawyers.
Amazon told the Mail the van was contracted but that the matter would be "resolved to the satisfaction of the customer".