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This Week´s Spectator
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Inches from death
WELL-KNOWN disability campaigner Vivien Blakely is lucky to be alive after a freak accident left her stranded in the middle of a busy Bangor road when her powered wheelchair suffered a catastrophic breakdown.
And the local grandmum is certain that but for the swift action of two passing motorists, who immediately stopped and came to her rescue, she could have been seriously injured or even killed.
A stunned Vivien suddenly found herself at the mercy of oncoming traffic, when the wheelchair she has used for years and fondly describes as ‘a real workhorse’, veered off the footpath and into the road.
Although still seated in the chair, she had no means of moving out of danger as the motor had either cut out or seized, leaving her completely stranded in the middle of Rathgael Road.
Vivien, who was making her way home from church at time, is convinced that but for the fact that it was a Sunday and the traffic was lighter, she would have been immediately hit by a oncoming car.
Full story in this week´s Spectator
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