Woman thrown from wheelchair when wheel broke after getting stuck in dropped kerb

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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.   She also had to sit by the side of the road for 40 minutes until her mum and sister were able to pick her up.

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00:00You could not make this shit 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, it's got nice little cafes, I've

00:18never actually been down there, I didn't realise how inaccessible Mill Road was.

00:24The drop kerbs aren't very dropped, as you can see there, there's still quite a big,

00:30you know, way to go from the floor.

00:34So here I was, going over this drop kerb, this happens.

00:43My front wheel got stuck, it got stuck, and obviously my wheelchair carried on going and

00:52my wheel got stuck and it...

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