Post by Irish Stu on Jul 25, 2011 17:38:15 GMT -6
Tex thought he'd seen the last of the Fat Women at Wal Mart topics during my little vacation from the board.
Wrong! Those little shopping carts just refuse to roll over and die :
Wrong! Those little shopping carts just refuse to roll over and die :
Mobility scooter man survives 100mph Essex train crash
A man who was hit by a train travelling at 100mph after his mobility scooter got stuck on a level crossing in Essex has escaped with only minor injuries.
Paramedics were called to the crossing at Church Street in Kelvedon, near Colchester, at about 11:00 BST.
The man, in his 40s, was taken to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
"We believe the man was struck on the level crossing on a mobility scooter and amazingly received minor injuries," said East of England Ambulance Service.
'Glancing blow'
Essex Fire Service station officer John Harris, who was at the scene, said: "Somehow he ended up the wrong side of the barrier and a train travelling at around 100mph clipped the front of his scooter.
"The man sustained what appeared to be minor injuries, certainly nothing that appeared to be life-threatening.
"The man was extremely lucky: if he had been only a couple of inches further forward he would have undoubtedly been killed."
A Network Rail spokesperson said: "We received a call from a driver that his train had struck a person in a mobility scooter at Church Street level crossing in Kelvedon at approximately 11:15 BST.
"Emergency services were called to the scene and all trains were suspended through the area while they assisted the injured man, who is understood to have received a glancing blow from the train.
"Essex Police confirmed the incident was being treated as non-suspicious and the railway was reopened to traffic at 12:15 BST."
The damaged scooter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14280131
A man who was hit by a train travelling at 100mph after his mobility scooter got stuck on a level crossing in Essex has escaped with only minor injuries.
Paramedics were called to the crossing at Church Street in Kelvedon, near Colchester, at about 11:00 BST.
The man, in his 40s, was taken to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford.
"We believe the man was struck on the level crossing on a mobility scooter and amazingly received minor injuries," said East of England Ambulance Service.
'Glancing blow'
Essex Fire Service station officer John Harris, who was at the scene, said: "Somehow he ended up the wrong side of the barrier and a train travelling at around 100mph clipped the front of his scooter.
"The man sustained what appeared to be minor injuries, certainly nothing that appeared to be life-threatening.
"The man was extremely lucky: if he had been only a couple of inches further forward he would have undoubtedly been killed."
A Network Rail spokesperson said: "We received a call from a driver that his train had struck a person in a mobility scooter at Church Street level crossing in Kelvedon at approximately 11:15 BST.
"Emergency services were called to the scene and all trains were suspended through the area while they assisted the injured man, who is understood to have received a glancing blow from the train.
"Essex Police confirmed the incident was being treated as non-suspicious and the railway was reopened to traffic at 12:15 BST."
The damaged scooter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-14280131
