Wheelchair user hitches lift on front of lorry
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'Quite a ride', admits Michigan man A wheelchair user in Michigan admitted to enjoying "quite a ride" after being accidentally attached to the front grille of a lorry and taken on a 50mph white-knuckle jaunt down the state's Red Arrow Highway, the BBC reports.â¦
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By J. W.  NOT everyone who has a severe disability uses a wheelchair or crutches.  My husband is a genuine disabled driver and has to drive around until he gets a space.  Just because people do not use any of the provided spaces doesn't mean you aren't disabled.
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Airport operator BAA must pay half the compensation bill slapped on budget airline Ryanair for discriminating against a disabled man who had to pay for a wheelchair when he turned up to take an international flight, a court has ruled.
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HOBART, Ind. - Jeffrey Crane got something unexpected when he stopped to gas up his pickup truck - a tank full of water. Crane, who filled up at a Marathon Station in Hobart on Saturday, had his pickup towed to a repair shop when it failed to start Monday.
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A Court of Appeal judge has been charged with exposing himself, British Transport Police say.
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A man is in a serious but stable condition after a car accident in County Fermanagh, police say.
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Victim reported to have been trying to unblock drain in Hull to prevent floodwaters rising in surrounding areas.
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Passengers are treated for shock and a lorry driver is injured after his vehicle is hit by a train in Gwynedd, say emergency services.
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HALIFAX (CP) - A more powerful American navy tug took over the towing of a disabled Canadian submarine Saturday, moving up its expected arrival in Scotland to late Sunday.
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GB's men's wheelchair basketball team win a bronze on the final day of the Paralympics.
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A head teacher jailed for 15 months in May after colliding with a car and putting its driver in a wheelchair, is released early.
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The Court of Appeal is due to rule on whether airlines or airports have a duty to provide wheelchairs for disabled passengers.
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Singer Barry Manilow is recovering in a wheelchair after undergoing surgery to repair torn cartilage in both hips.
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An Israeli inventor wants to save folks from burning high-rises or rescue soldiers trapped behind enemy lines with his airborne car. So far, it's three feet off the ground. By the Associated Press.
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The Ambulance Service says traffic wardens tried to move one of its vehicles during an emergency call.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 11 (IPS) - In a dark corridor, an emaciated man named Toufiq  sits against the wall, his face contorted with pain. Medical  workers angrily insist that a photographer put his camera away as  they lift Toufiq -- originally from Morocco -- into a wheelchair.  Well-wishers gather around; one woman urges Toufiq to keep his  spirits up. He is carried away to an ambulance outside.
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Demand from Eastern Europe for trucks helped MAN achieve record earnings.