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They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:04 am
by spot
I'm lost for words, honestly.

And there's no photo of the state the train was left in, either.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.

BBC News - Mobility scooter man survives 100mph train crash in Essex


They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:07 am
by Bryn Mawr
Trust the mail :-

Drunk man riding mobility scooter over level crossing is hit by 100mph train... and SURVIVES | Mail Online

If the guy in that photo' is only forty three then I'm a Dutchman.

They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:58 am
by Bruv
I am thinking the picture is merely to illustrate to Mail readers what a mobility scooter is, and not an action shot of the event.

They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:10 pm
by Bryn Mawr
Bruv;1363222 wrote: I am thinking the picture is merely to illustrate to Mail readers what a mobility scooter is, and not an action shot of the event.


Of course, I was forgetting the typical Mail reader and how they have to be spoon fed

They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:58 pm
by CARLA
If he wasn't drunk he would have been injured a lot more never knew what hit him.

They're ruggedizing mobility scooters these days

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:02 am
by Clodhopper
...appears to be a hobby of his, getting winged by high speed vehicles.