Semi-truck takes man and wheelchair for a ride down Red Arrow Highway
PAW PAW, Mich. -- A 21-year-old man was taken on a wild ride Wednesday afternoon when the wheelchair he was in became attached to the grille of a semi-truck and was taken four miles down a highway at about 50 mph.
The man, whose name police did not release, was not injured. The driver was unaware he was pushing the man, according to a news release from the Michigan State Police.
Authorities
More..began receiving calls about 4 p.m. that the semi was traveling westbound on Red Arrow Highway, just outside of Paw Paw, with the wheelchair.
"It was quite a ride," the man reportedly told police.
"The man spilled his soda pop, but he wasn't upset," Sgt. Kathy Morton of the Michigan State Police said.
Police said the man was unharmed and unfazed by the incident.
The driver was in disbelief when he stepped out of the semi and saw what he had picked up along the way, police said.
"When he saw us, he was like, 'What's going on?'" Morton said.
An investigation revealed the driver had pulled out of a local gas station when the man in the wheelchair pulled in front of the semi, according to police. His wheelchair somehow became lodged by its handles to the front grille.
"Thank God the semi didn't go on (Interstate) 94," Morton said. Less..
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"Police said the man was unharmed and unfazed by the incident."
WTF??? LOL
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "LiquidLight" (R)
That sounds fun
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "aag99" (R)
He spilled his soda pop. Reason enough to be angry.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "neverknow1" (R)
hate when that happens
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "repost" (R)
LOL @ your avatar!!!
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "starskyhutch69" (B)
What he didn't have to pay for that ride?
Shit sounds like fun to me.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "starskyhutch69" (B)
(THE NEWS CONTINUES..) AUTHORITIES Arrested the Truck Driver Who Got 50yrs in Prison for Kidnapping and the Cripple Got 5 years in Prison for Hitchhiking.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "SamFreedom" (R)
Hilarious dude.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "sstuhr" (R)
bulls##t story, those wheels couldnt handle the ride
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "Newburghschamp" (B)
On the grille? How unsafe is that? They should have towed him
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "hockeyman62" (R)
That wasn't soda pop, he wet his pants and the cops covered for him...conspiracy.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "luck_of_irish_13" (R)
If you look at the grill, he probably got bumped so that he was straight on, parallel with the path of the truck, and the handles would have gone in the grill with the bumper lifting him. It would've lifted him because the handles in the grill would have made him lean forward. Here's the link: http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070607/News01/706070318
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "asscakes" (R)
They should have charged him for not wearing a seatbelt. What a dumbass going in front of a truck with its engine running without making sure that the driver can see you.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "mlivsey" (R)
hhhaaaa, hhhaaaa, hhhhaaaaaa
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "coolsplinter" Premium
Weeeeeeeee...you owe me a Dr. Pepper.
Posted Jun-7-2007 by "Facetious for Kicks"