I WAS SO TERRIFIED; CRUSADING DOCTOR DEFIANT AS THE POLLS CLOSE AND A SURVIVOR TELLS HIS TALE Lib Dem worker relives heli crash.(News) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: May 2, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: MARK SMITH Scottish Political Correspondent

A LIB Dem party worker who cheated death in a helicopter crash has told of his terrifying ordeal.

The accident also sparked a political row yesterday when the Greens tried to use it to score political points.

The Bell Longranger craft plunged 150ft into a hillside after hitting power cables during a rainstorm on Wednesday afternoon.

Just hours earlier, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Ji...

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