David Burdus from Corbridge taking part in a 'fire wheelie' for the Percy Hedley Foundation. Photo: Callum Pallister.
A CORBRIDGE wheelchair user has completed what is believed to be the first ever 'fire wheelie' over coals burning at 300 degrees.
As a trustee of the Percy Hedley Foundation and chairman of the disability charity's adult services committee, David Burdus joined 80 other fund raisers to take on his own version of a fire walk on the Gateshead Quayside.
The disability access specialist, who was left paralysed from the waist down more than 30 years ago following a motorbike crash when he was just 21, fitted solid tyres to his titanium sports chair to take on the challenge.
Watch a video of David in action below by James McAleer.
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