A journalist who fell backward in her wheelchair while boarding a bus at a New Year's Day press event has filed legal papers against Nassau County.
The 42 year old writer was trying to roll her wheelchair up a bus ramp at a news conference for the county's new bus system when her wheelchair flipped backward, slamming her head against the depot tarmac. She announced at a Garden City news conference that she has served legal notice of her intent to sue Nassau County.
The woman's lawyer says he is seeking clarity on whether Nassau County was still responsible for the bus at the time of the accident. Veolia Transportation took over the county's bus system, now called Nassau Inter-County Express, that day.
