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« on: October 05, 2015, 22:30:18 »
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Disabled man's two day hell trapped inside railway tunnel after his electric wheelchair broke down

A disabled man was trapped in a tunnel for TWO days after his electric wheelchair broke down leaving him stranded.

The man, who has not been named, was making his way along the 300 yard former railway tunnel on Sunday when his transport stalled.

He was finally discovered a full 48 hours later and rescued by emergency workers using a 4x4 because ambulances could not access him.

They checked him over and took him to hospital to be treated for chills and dehydration.
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2015, 22:37:20 »
A shocking story - and in the County of Somerset, too!  Shocked
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2015, 22:58:32 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on October 05, 2015, 22:37:20
A shocking story - and in the County of Somerset, too!  Shocked

Just not the Somerset we know!
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2015, 19:44:38 »
Very unfortunate, and could have ended with a fatality.

It does however beg the question as to whether or not it was sensible for someone reliant on an electric wheelchair to enter a tunnel alone ?

Out in the open they could telephone for assistance in case of breakdown, but cellphone reception is most unlikely in a tunnel/
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2015, 10:48:28 »
Does anyone know which tunnel it was. It seems strange no-one else used the tunnel for 2 days if it was recognised footpath/cycle trail like the ones on the old S&D▸ (Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway).
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« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2015, 11:05:17 »
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Officials told 6 News the man was inside the Pinkerton Tunnel in Somerset County, Pennsylvania when his luck turned.

The route creates a path across a bight of the Casselman River between Markleton and Fort Hill in southwest Pennsylvania.

The popular cut-though runs along a cycle path an walkway called the Great Allegheny Passage which is 150 miles long and runs from Pittsburgh to western Maryland.
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« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2015, 13:53:57 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on October 07, 2015, 10:48:28
Does anyone know which tunnel it was. It seems strange no-one else used the tunnel for 2 days if it was recognised footpath/cycle trail like the ones on the old S&D▸ (Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway).

Somerset in America, can't say I'm familiar with that area.
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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2015, 09:27:58 »
I'll have to look in my Steam Powered Video, Rail Atlas of Pennsylvania.
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