SHE was left terribly injured in a car crash.

And more than two years on she is still suffering.

Now a Huddersfield woman who was badly hurt in the crash in Poland has launched a legal battle for compensation of more than £300,000.

Back-seat passenger Katarzyna Cieslar, of Honley, suffered severe multiple injuries when the Fiat Punto in which she was travelling drove into the path of a BMW at a crossroads, according to a High Court writ.

Now Miss Cieslar, 28, of Jagger Lane, Honley, is demanding damage from Warsaw-based insurers Powszecbby Zaklad Ubezpiczen.

The firm’s UK representatives are Inter Europe, of Trafford Park, Manchester.

The insurers covered the car driver, Michal Cieslar, and under Polish law they are obliged to cover him against the liability he has to Miss Cieslar as a result of the accident on February 10 2010, the writ says.

In June 2011 he was convicted of an offence arising out of the accident.

A Polish court gave him a one-year jail sentence, suspended for a year, and also a probation order for three years.

Details of the crash and the subsequent investigation will be presented to a High Court hearing in London, but that may be some months away.

Miss Cieslar says her injuries included a brain injury, a fractured neck, an injured pelvis, fractured left collar bones, complex fractures to her right leg, and fractured sacral bones in her back.

She continues to suffer the consequences of her injuries.

The writ alleges the accident was caused by Mr Cieslar’s negligence in failing to keep a proper lookout, and in turning across the path of the BMW.

The crash was at Skoczow, Poland, at the crossroads of Wislanska Road and the DK-81 road.

Skoczow is a small town in southern Poland, close to the Silesian foothills.

The court was told Michal Cieslar drove across the northbound carriageway of the DK – 81 to turn left into Wislankska Road, but was hit by the BMW.

Miss Cieslar has brought legal proceedings because the insurers have refused to give her an interim payment, she says.

The writ was issued by her solicitors George Ide.