A woman was flung from her wheelchair when the wheel broke after getting stuck in a dropped kerb.
Abbie McMahon, 25, was enjoying a day out in Cambridge when she tried to cross the road.
As she began her descent from a dropped kerb the front wheel of her wheelchair became stuck and snapped off.
Abbie suffered pain along her spine and in her wrist as she hit the ground.
Abbie McMahon, 25, was enjoying a day out in Cambridge when she tried to cross the road.
As she began her descent from a dropped kerb the front wheel of her wheelchair became stuck and snapped off.
Abbie suffered pain along her spine and in her wrist as she hit the ground.
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00:00You could not make this up, I swear to f***ing god, you could not make this up.
00:10This is my 13th reason, honestly.
00:11So I'm going on a nice little stroll in my wheelchair, a nice little go down the road,
00:18down the road in Cambridge, it's got nice little cafes, little whatever, I've never
00:23actually been down there, so I was like, I know, I'll use my day off as a little, um,
00:30having a little ride around.
00:32I didn't realise how inaccessible Mill Road was, um, the drop kerbs aren't very dropped.
00:39As you can see there, like, there's still quite a big, you know, way to go from, from
00:46the floor.
00:47So here I was, going over this drop kerb, this happens.
00:55My front wheel got stuck, it got stuck, and obviously my wheelchair carried on going and
01:05my wheel got stuck and it, I'm nowhere near my car, have not got my crutches on me, and
01:15I'm literally on the verge of having a breakdown in the street.
01:22Why is this happening to me?
01:23I'm literally on the verge of tears.
01:24So anyway, I'm just sitting on the floor, on the corner, waiting for my mum to come
01:39pick me up.
01:40I'm not okay right now.
01:43I'm not okay right now.