Reporter hurt at press event suing Nassau
Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Reporter Barbara Ann Yanger falls backwards in her wheelchair as she attempts to board a new Veolia Transportation "Nice" bus in Garden City Sunday. Yanger was knocked unconscious when her head hit the ground and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. (Jan. 1, 2012)
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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.
Barbara Yanger, 42, of Hempstead, 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.
Friday, Yanger announced...
