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my daughter got run over by motorised wheelchair
It happened yesterday and I'll let you know now that she is ok (thank god)
We were in a shop in town with my friend and her daughter. I stepped out with felicity (who is only 2!) holding her hand down the step and I let go and turned left to get the pram and within seconds I heard her scream 'mummy help me' and as I looked she was on the floor under this motorised wheelchair with an old man on it. As I went to get her the man moved forward on top of her and I screamed 'get off her get off her whilst holding her and lifting this thing up as he was obviously making no attempt to reverse or anything. Eventually I freed her and I just went into shock. I held her so close and sat on the floor in the middle of the street whilst people sat around us to help. She was crying I was shaking, a woman suggested taking her shoes off in case her feet swell up. At that moment I saw the old man still on his thing and I felt so angry I shouted at him 'dont you have any fucking control over that thing'. He said nothing, didnt even apologise but I did hear him say something to someone so he could talk! Felicity's friend started crying, poor thing she said' felicity's been run over'. The owner of the shop was very helpful and said im in shock and to get us inside where the sun isnt on us. I realised I should call OH but all I could manage was 'felicity's had an accident' I could hear in his voice he thought the worse & i felt terrible but i didnt know what to say so i passed him over to my friend and she explained. Soon the paramedic showed then Lee, then police and ambulance. Felicity at this point wanted to sit in her pram and had no problem moving her feet but didnt want anyone near her but me. We decided it was best to get her checked at hospital. When we were there she had an x-ray which she hated and then waited 2hrs whilst she was up and talking and walking about. He said there is no fractures but just tissue damage so she may have swollen ankle for 7 days.
Looking at her today she has grazes and bruises over her legs and swollen left ankle. She keeps telling us 'naughty man hurt my leg', apart from that she is fine and happy so im happy but still traumatised by the "road traffic accident" as the police call it and play it over in my head seeing her under that thing.
From my friends point of view she saw the man knock her down then carry on over her. The owner of th shop said he sees those wheelchairs whizzing round that corner every day and they think they own the paths. Im so scared to take her out and let her walk I want to rap her in cotton woll and stay in forever because I just think what if it had been a car or he ran over her head or anything worse could have happened if I didnt lift the thing.
We were in a shop in town with my friend and her daughter. I stepped out with felicity (who is only 2!) holding her hand down the step and I let go and turned left to get the pram and within seconds I heard her scream 'mummy help me' and as I looked she was on the floor under this motorised wheelchair with an old man on it. As I went to get her the man moved forward on top of her and I screamed 'get off her get off her whilst holding her and lifting this thing up as he was obviously making no attempt to reverse or anything. Eventually I freed her and I just went into shock. I held her so close and sat on the floor in the middle of the street whilst people sat around us to help. She was crying I was shaking, a woman suggested taking her shoes off in case her feet swell up. At that moment I saw the old man still on his thing and I felt so angry I shouted at him 'dont you have any fucking control over that thing'. He said nothing, didnt even apologise but I did hear him say something to someone so he could talk! Felicity's friend started crying, poor thing she said' felicity's been run over'. The owner of the shop was very helpful and said im in shock and to get us inside where the sun isnt on us. I realised I should call OH but all I could manage was 'felicity's had an accident' I could hear in his voice he thought the worse & i felt terrible but i didnt know what to say so i passed him over to my friend and she explained. Soon the paramedic showed then Lee, then police and ambulance. Felicity at this point wanted to sit in her pram and had no problem moving her feet but didnt want anyone near her but me. We decided it was best to get her checked at hospital. When we were there she had an x-ray which she hated and then waited 2hrs whilst she was up and talking and walking about. He said there is no fractures but just tissue damage so she may have swollen ankle for 7 days.
Looking at her today she has grazes and bruises over her legs and swollen left ankle. She keeps telling us 'naughty man hurt my leg', apart from that she is fine and happy so im happy but still traumatised by the "road traffic accident" as the police call it and play it over in my head seeing her under that thing.
From my friends point of view she saw the man knock her down then carry on over her. The owner of th shop said he sees those wheelchairs whizzing round that corner every day and they think they own the paths. Im so scared to take her out and let her walk I want to rap her in cotton woll and stay in forever because I just think what if it had been a car or he ran over her head or anything worse could have happened if I didnt lift the thing.
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Kerry xx
Here in Holland, those motorised wheelchairs use the cycle lanes so you very rarely see them on the pavement which is a godsend. I hope the police do something although I'm not sure what they can do.....
Take care xx
I dont know what the police are doing about it, will have to call them myself. I dont want to let felicity out of pram at all, took her to shops in it this morning and normally she would complain but she was quite happy. Think I will start putting reins on her so at least I can grab them if she runs off. I know she will hate it as she likes to be independant at mo (well up til yest). My oh said the bloke looked quite rough and so were wondering if he was drunk? x x x
We have one for Millie that I use when I need to make sure she can't run off and she loves it. She'll actually walk around the house wearing it as a backpack so we have no problems using it when we need to. You can get them in different animal designs as well, I know they do a horse and a dog and some others. Hope that helps
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if anyone did that to Jack i'd punch them!
glad shes ok
Walking through town the other day, felicity pushing her dolls pram then we came to the road but she wouldnt hold my hand to cross, being very stubborn. So I quicky turned around to get away from the danger of the road to persuade her to cross. As I turned I almost crashed into an old woman on a MOTORISED WHEELCHAIR! Luckily we didnt get knocked. She had a right go at me, 'look where you're going', wouldnt shut up even though I apologised (dont know why i bother). So I said 'alright alright' (in a sarky voice) and she drove off, then I started telling felicity to hold my hand etc. I looked up and saw that woman with a right face on her whizzing back in my direction she started shouting 'dont have a go at me, and dont take it out on her'. Im sorry but I had to say something because it reminded me of flicks accident and got me very pissed off with these people. I shouted 'fuck off' then she carried on with the abuse and I said ' oh why dont you just fuck right off you stupid cow'!!! I was shaking and crying. How dare that old bag have a go at me for disciplining my daughter, why do old fuckers think they can have a pop at us mums????????????
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i know how it feels to have one of those thing to go over you i was holding my daughter once in town and this old lady in one ran over my foot wich nearly made me drop my daughter i broke 2 toes the old lady said it was my fault that it happened even though i had been stood there for 10 mins before it happened i could not belive it they think they own the paths we push our children round in pushchairs and never fun anyone over so why do they think they can they should have a licence to drive one.
LOL twizzlepie xxx