Son of Flyers GM Accused of Throwing Disabled Scholar’s Wheelchair Down Stairs

Carson Briere, a scholar at Mercyhurst College and the son of Philadelphia Flyers interim normal supervisor Daniel Briere, has been accused of throwing a disabled scholar’s wheelchair down a flight of stairs at an area bar in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Final weekend, many had been outraged when a video of the incident was posted to social media by which it seems that Mercyhurst hockey participant Carson Briere is seen enjoying round with a wheelchair earlier than purposefully pushing the system down a flight of stairs earlier than coming into the bar, Fox Information reported.

Mercyhurst officers say that they’re now investigating the incident.

“Our Office of Student Conduct and Department of Police and Safety are investigating,” the college stated in a press release.

In accordance with experiences, the disabled scholar whose chair was needlessly tossed down the steps needed to be bodily carried out of the bar and to his fallen chair.

Briere performed 30 video games for the college through the 2022-23 season, scored 5 targets, and earned eight assists.

The participant’s father, Daniel Briere, has been serving because the NHL workforce’s interim GM after the workforce dismissed Chuck Fletcher.

Every day-use wheelchairs (versus medical and hospital chairs, that are much less sturdy) can price from a whole bunch and up into the a number of 1000’s of {dollars}.

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