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ELMSDALE:<\/strong> An observant resident alerted East Hants RCMP to a woman in a wheelchair that was dangerously close to the rail tracks in Elmsdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to East Hants RCMP S\/Sgt. Cory Bushell, officers were called to assist the resident help a woman in a wheelchair precariously positioned next to railway tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe resident spotted a female along side the tracks about 75 yards up the tracks from a crossing.,\u201d said S\/Sgt. Bushell. \u201cWhen the resident saw the person was in a wheelchair, they realized the situation was serious and called for help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said officers arrived on scene and assisted the resident wheel the female off the rail-bed, through a ditch and up to a nearby parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen questioned, the female, a 61-year-old from the Yarmouth area, stated she was just in the area for the day and was out exploring,\u201d said S\/Sgt. Bushell. \u201cShe further advised that where she lives, the rail lines had long been abandoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe did not realize the rail lines in East Hants were active and had no idea she was in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A short time after being brought to safety, a train went through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\/Sgt. Bushell said officers made arrangements for the pick-up of the woman by family and transported her to a safe place to await their arrival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”159″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”161″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”78″] [adrotate banner=”164″] ELMSDALE: An observant resident alerted East Hants RCMP to a woman in a wheelchair that was dangerously close to the rail tracks in Elmsdale. According to East Hants RCMP S\/Sgt. Cory Bushell, officers were called to assist the resident help a woman in a wheelchair precariously positioned next to railway tracks. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[196,986,2029,14],"class_list":["post-28678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-railway-tracks","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}