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Olimpia Zagnat & Ryan Fahey

Student left disabled after being hit by a bus told he's 'too fat' to ride in a taxi

A wheelchair user says he's been told he's "too fat" to ride in a taxi as part of the regular discrimination he faces.

Charley Jonstone-Brent, 20, who's in his first year at Nottingham Trent University, said he's been left suffering with "huge stress and anxiety" due to the abuse he's experienced while trying to board taxis in the city.

Charley became a wheelchair user in February after he was hit by a bus in Bullwell, Nottinghamshire Live reports.

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