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Collision Course

People in wheelchairs easy to overlook

by Jan Schlain

posted 4/14/2011

Jeffrey Stamm, a former tenor with the New York Metropolitan Opera, has used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke five years ago. He says he moved to Ann Arbor last August because he wanted to live in a safe place. At the end of January, he was hit by an AATA bus while crossing Liberty in his chair. He had the right of way, but the turning driver "didn't see

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