Man in wheelchair takes ride on semi's grill
By MARC THOMPSON
PAW PAW -- The Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post and Van Buren County Central Dispatch began receiving strange reports of a man in a wheelchair being pushed by a semi truck on Wednesday afternoon.
As the truck was leaving a gas station, the 21-year-old man wheeled his chair in front the vehicle and the wheelchair became lodged by its handles in the front grill of the truck. The unwitting truck driver then proceeded to travel west on Red Arrow Highway at speeds of approximately 50 mph.
Police initially thought the report might have been a prank until they started receiving more reports of the situation.
The truck traveled for an estimated four miles unknowingly pushing the man in the wheelchair. The driver then pulled into the Ralph Moyle Trucking Company with wheelchair and occupant still attached. When troopers arrived, they discovered the man was unharmed and unfazed by the incident.
Police approached the driver and advised him of the man in the wheelchair. The driver did not believe them until he stepped out of the truck and saw the man still sitting in the chair.
The young man said it was quite a ride.
One trooper on the scene said it would be possible to work another 90 years in law enforcement and never see an incident such as this one.
Everybody said they are just glad no one was injured.
via Wood TV8 from Grand Rapids
XD that's just brightened up my morning...
Wow -- that's something I'd expect on the Simpsons. I'm glad wheelchairs aren't aligned to the same standards as our nation's shopping carts.
that's just brightened up my morning...
LOL, I do what I can. :D
Cap'n: You should hear some of the 9-1-1 calls, they were playing them on the radio the day after it happened.