"You are not going to believe this, there is a semi-truck pushing a guy in a wheelchair on Red Arrow Highway!" an unidentified caller is quoted as saying in a State Police press release.
Wow! Can you imagine that! Apparently a 21-year-old Kalamazoo, MI man, in a motorized wheelchair, somehow got the wheelchair's handles stuck in the grille of a huge semi-truck at a gas stationâand was pushed 4 miles at speeds up to 50 mph!..
The driver of the big rig had no idea that this was occurring. When he pulled into a trucking company parking lot, he discovered what had just happenedâand couldn't believe it...
Other than spilling his soda the unnamed wheelchair rider seemed okay after the incident, and commented, "It was quite a ride." Well, yeah...
Full story here and here.
Other than spilling his soda the unnamed wheelchair rider seemed okay after the incident, and commented, "It was quite a ride." Well, yeah...
Full story here and here.
trjnflip says:
03:36 PM, 06/ 8/07
LOL. That's gotta be one scary ride!
210delray says:
07:48 PM, 06/ 8/07
When I read the headline, I thought the trucker had performed a good-will gesture.
But after reading the whole story, it turned out to be accidental, and up to 50 mph at that! It's good that no harm occurred. He'll have quite a tale for the rest of his life!
gmguy111 says:
09:03 PM, 06/ 8/07
the man lived in Paw Paw michigan not kalamazoo but anyway being stuck on a semi truck going 50 mph is pretty scary especially with traffic flying right by you
bbechtel16 says:
04:54 AM, 06/ 9/07
LMAO, I thought the same thing delray!
ateixeira says:
10:10 AM, 06/11/07
Yikes!