Pedestrian In Wheelchair Struck By Car In Pierce County (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- A woman was struck by a vehicle while trying to cross state Route 7 in her wheelchair in rural Pierce County Sunday, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Car Hits Woman In Wheelchair (Q13 FOX Seattle)

Southbound lanes of Highway 7 near Spanaway had to be closed for a while Sunday night, after a suspected drunk driver hit a woman in a wheelchair. Authorities say it happened around 5:30pm, when the woman, said to be in her 50's, was trying to cross the highway.      The 21-year-old male driver was arrested, then taken to a hospital with minor injuries.      The woman in the the wheelchair ...

'Brynn's back': Girl, 7, returns to Moorhead school after life-altering car crash (Grand Forks Herald)

Brynn Duncan quietly opened the door to her second-grade classroom and rolled her wheelchair smoothly over the threshold. The accomplishment did not go unnoticed. "She couldn't do that two weeks ago," said Diane Thiel, Duncan's teacher at Robert Asp Elementary in Moorhead. The 7-year-old recently returned to school for the first time since an August car crash in Fergus Falls, Minn., that left ...

Parent in wheelchair struck by bus (Tri-County Times)

Linden school officials and police are investigating a crash involving this GISD bus and a wheelchair-bound woman.

Wheelchair athlete sets high goals (San Francisco Chronicle)

Bob Coomber cannot walk, but he sure can hike. The disabled Livermore outdoorsman is preparing for the hike of his life - an ascent of 19,000-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa or 22,841-foot Cerro Aconcagua in South America. If he pulls it off, he will be the...