Wild Wheel Chair Ride

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A 21-year-old Kalamazoo, Mich., man, unidentified by police, in this a motorized wheelchair, found himself stuck to the front grill of this semi truck and pushed eastbound on Red Arrow Highway near Paw Paw, Mich., Wednesday, June 6, 2007, for four miles (6.4 kilometers) at about 50 mph (80 kph), authorities said. The young man, reportedly unhurt, was quoted by police as saying, "It was quite a ride."

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8PK6NO80.html
its around 90 out here today so it had to feel good with the wind blowing on him and very refreshing

[cheapie]

what in the world??? i was on that highway, in that exact spot yesterday afternoon!

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[ShawnLee]

Considering how bad that this could have been, I'm glad he had a fun ride.

[DarkFury]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8PK6NO80.html
its around 90 out here today so it had to feel good with the wind blowing on him and very refreshing

Linky no worky no more...

Try this one instead...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19088976/




But yeah, that was a wild ride. The kid had MD, and was basically just strapped in. Kinda like the kid in the movie "Meatballs 2" that had the souped up wheelchair that did like 60 MPH.

[attgig]

was that you in the truck cheapie? :-P

[Napoleon54]

This story would be good publicity for the manufacturer of the chair. The thing held up at 50mph, didn't disintegrate? They must use some heavy duty wheel bearings.

[JackHammer]

Pretty awesome provided that no one got hurt.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_wheelchair_truck_ride

No charges in wheelchair-truck ride 2 hours, 48 minutes ago



PAW PAW, Mich. - A truck driver whose rig snagged a man in his wheelchair and unknowingly pushed him at speeds up to 50 mph for miles will not face any criminal charges, authorities said.

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Van Buren County prosecutor Juris Kaps said investigators determined the semi accidentally hit the wheelchair, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported Tuesday.

Ben Carpenter, 21, of was attempting to pass in front of the truck June. 6 when the light at an intersection turned green and the 52-year-old driver, who was not identified, started to move.

The wheelchair turned forward and its handles got lodged in the grille in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit. The rig continued picking up speed and pushing the wheelchair, with Carpenter strapped in it, down the highway until pulling into the parking lot of a trucking company.

Police said the wheelchair was pushed about four miles, but Donald Carpenter, the man's father, said the actual distance was about half that.

Ben Carpenter, who lives near Kalamazoo and has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was not injured.

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