Danger Train strikes motorized wheelchair
Woman in wheelchair struck by Metro train (KHOU-11 News)
A woman in an electric wheelchair was recovering Friday evening after being struck by a Metro train.
The incident occurred around 6 p.m. on Main at McKinney.
The woman had apparently just exited the train when her chair was clipped by another train.
No word yet on her condition, but her chair was split in two.
1 hurt when Metro train collides with scooter (Lindsay Wise, Houston Chronicle)
A light-rail train collided with a motorized scooter in downtown Houston Friday afternoon, sending the woman rider to the hospital, Metro officials said.
The accident occurred at the intersection of Main and McKinney about 5:30 p.m. when a 47-year-old woman driving a motorized scooter tried to cross Main Street, said Metro spokeswoman Sandra Aponte Salazar.
"Evidently she didn't see the train going southbound and it clipped the rear wheel of her scooter," Salazar said.
The woman was thrown from her scooter, which broke into two pieces, Salazar said.
She was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, Salazar said.
Though undamaged, the train was taken out of service and all passengers of were off-loaded, she said. The southbound line experienced a 15 minute delay, Salazar said.
The accident is under investigation, she said.
Our Danger Train is an equal-opportunity predator! :)
I nearly missed this story, as the incident took place the day I left for Athens.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/07/07 17:47 | Danger Train | Technorati
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Now THIS is a prime example of Natural Selection.
Posted by txyankee @ 19:13 on 10/09/07
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