BBC production manager Sheila Kaur-Patel was stunned when she received an invoice for £3,000 for damage she had allegedly caused during a motorway incident.
The bill from contractor Amey arrived three months after she had skidded across the M6 after hitting some liquid on the surface and ended up facing the wrong way on the hard shoulder.
She told BBC 5live: “When the bill arrived, I was devastated. The damages or so-called ‘maintenance fees’ are worth more than my car.”
A breakdown of the bill lists items such as a 7.5 tonne tipper hire, repairs to rails and £1,830.91 for the closure of the hard shoulder.
An Amey spokesperson told the BBC: “It is important that defects are repaired after an incident to ensure the safety of the travelling public.
“If repairs are necessary, we liaise with any party found to have caused damage to recover the associated costs. A breakdown of these are provided to the relevant parties in an invoice.”