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Wheelchair man goes on wild ride

by Fukdatshhh Viewers on Jun.08, 2007, under On the News...

A truck driver has pushed a wheelchair-bound man for four miles without realising it. The driver did not believe officers until he stepped from his cab and saw for himself.

Kathy Morton of the Michigan State Police in the US said: “When he saw us, he was like, ‘What’s going on?’” 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.

As the truck sped away the man was taken for a ride down a highway for four miles at speeds of about 50 mph.

The 21-year-old man, whose name was not released, was unharmed but was taken to hospital as a precaution.

Luckily, he had been secured to his wheelchair by a seat belt.

Ms Morton said: “The man spilled his soda pop, but he wasn’t upset.”

Police were first alerted by a caller who 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.”

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

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