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US Man in wheelchair fatally falls from top of escalator at Metro station

12:50  11 october  2018
12:50  11 october  2018 Source:   msn.com

California deputy praised after helping stranded, elderly woman in wheelchair get home

California deputy praised after helping stranded, elderly woman in wheelchair get home A California sheriff’s station is dishing out praise to one of its deputies who pushed a stranded, elderly woman to her home about a mile away after her wheelchair stopped working. Lancaster Sheriff’s Deputies Chapman and Montanez responded to a report “of a traffic hazard” determined to be “a wheelchair in the middle of the road,” the department said Tuesday in a Facebook post.When they arrived, the deputies discovered both an elderly woman and the motorized chair resting on “the side of the road” and learned that she got stuck after the chair lost power, according to the department.

The man was rescued with a broken arm. It was a narrow escape for a man in Turkey when he was accidentally "swallowed" by a malfunctioning escalator . The horrifying CCTV footage of the incident shows a crowd descending the escalator towards the metro train when the escalator begins to jolt.

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In this Nov. 16, 2015, photo, passengers ride a Washington Metro subway train at the Chinatown Metro Station in Washington. Authorities say a Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group.© Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP In this Nov. 16, 2015, photo, passengers ride a Washington Metro subway train at the Chinatown Metro Station in Washington. Authorities say a Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group. A man in a motorized wheelchair fatally fell from an escalator he was attempting to use at a Washington D.C. metro station on Wednesday.

The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. at the Columbia Heights Station after the man attempted to exit the station via escalator instead of by elevator, officials say.

“The man waited 10-15 seconds for the elevator which was in service at the time and then diverted to the escalator," Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority spokesman Ron Holzer told USA TODAY in an emailed statement.

"Upon reaching the top of the escalator, the man and wheelchair fell backward, landing at the bottom.”

Bystanders and the station's manager attempted to help the man until medics arrived, Holzer said. The man was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

An escalator at the station remained closed on Wednesday evening due to a "Customer Incident," according to the Transit Authority's website.

The man's identify has not been released at this time.

Contributing: WUSA-TV, Washington.

Man in wheelchair fatally falls from top of escalator at Metro station .
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