Hesse: pensioner pushes and insults a wheelchair user

Bebra (dpa/lhe) - A pensioner pushed and insulted a young wheelchair user at the train station in Bebra. The 17-year-old was slightly injured, the federal police said on Friday. Together with friends, she was in an elevator last weekend, which the 74-year-old wanted to get on with his companion. When the teenager asked him to stay outside because it was already tight, he is said to have insulted her and pushed her so that she crashed into the elevator window. Criminal proceedings were instituted against him.