Car insurance firm charged me £3,000 after I crashed my car – the small print trap that drivers need to beware of

TEENAGER Yasmin Hose was distraught when she crashed her car last January.

The 18-year-old, from West Sussex, was driving down the motorway to her job at Gatwick Airport when her tyre blew out, causing her to crash into the central barrier.

The air hostess felt lucky to be alive, but her Vauxhall Corsa was less fortunate and was swifty written off.

But Yasmin’s good fortune ran out when she was asked to cough up £3,000 to pay her remaining insurance premiums for the year by her insurer, 1st Central.