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Yet another scary story! Thank God this guy is okay (which is the only thing that makes this story amusing).

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Wheelchair user taken on wild 50-mph ride

Chair becomes lodged on semitrailer's grille, travels 4 miles on highway

PAW PAW, Mich. - A man was taken on a wild ride when his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for four miles at about 50 mph, authorities said.

The 21-year-old man, whose name was not released, was unharmed but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. He had been secured to his wheelchair by a seat belt.

“The man spilled his soda pop, but he wasn’t upset,” said Sgt. Kathy Morton of the Michigan State Police.

About 4 p.m. Wednesday, a caller told police dispatchers, “You are not going to believe this: There is a semi truck pushing a guy in a wheelchair on Red Arrow Highway,” state police said in a release.

Authorities initially wondered whether the report was a prank call until others called with similar reports.

Officers stopped the truck — wheelchair still attached — at a trucking company. The driver didn’t believe officers until he stepped from his cab and saw for himself.

“When he saw us, he was like, ’What’s going on?”’ Morton said.

An investigation revealed the man in the wheelchair had pulled in front of the truck at a gas station and it somehow became lodged by its handles to the front grille.

[ 06-08-2007, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: Klorox ]

I gotta wonder how it "somehow became lodged by its handles to the front grille." Was the guy in the chair trying to commit suicide or did the truck hit him leaving the parking lot, or what? And how long will it take for somebody's cellphone (or police car) video to show up?

EDIT: break.com has an audio of several 911 phone calls describing the truck, along with a still photo of the guy on the front of the truck. Apparently the chair was crossing in front of the truck when the driver took off...

Listen to it here

[ 06-08-2007, 03:32 PM: Message edited by: VulcanRider ]

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The driver did it.....
so that he can park in a handicap spot

LOL!

Imagine driving down the road and seing that guy...

I'm with you on that one Vulcan, I don't see how this could happen.

Have you ever seen how a truck makes a left turn? They need to swing all the way around.