Wheelchair-bound man dies after tumbling down escalator at DC metro station
A wheelchair-bound man fell down an escalator and died at Washington, D.C.’s Columbia Heights Metro station on Wednesday, per multiple reports. The victim was attempting to leave the station around 1.30 pm local time when his motorized wheelchair fell after almost reaching the top of the escalator. Despite the paramedics' best efforts, the man, whose identity is yet to be revealed, died at a local hospital.
“A review of camera footage revealed that … the man went to the elevator, pressed the button, waited maybe 10 to 15 seconds for the elevator. Then he decided to use the escalator instead. He wheeled onto the escalator and held onto the handrails...He was critically injured," a Metro spokesperson told People, noting that the elevator was fully functional.