The ride of his life . . .

I heard on the radio today about an incident in Michigan with a man, a wheelchair an a semi-truck. I didn't believe it until I checked it out on WOOD-TV's website. You can see the entire story here.

The man was driving his motorized wheelchair in front of a semi that had pulled in for gas. The truck didn't see the man and continued to pull out of the station. The man's wheelchair handles got lodged in the truck's grill and the truck drove 4 miles on the highway at about 50 mph before the man was discovered. The 911 system was so overloaded with calls it had to go to a secondary system. Can you imagine driving down the highway and seeing that? A state trooper arrived just as the truck was pulling into it's employer and informed the unbelieving driver than he had a passenger.

The disabled man seemed unfazed by the incident and was completely unharmed. The wheel chair however will need to be replaced, apparently they weren't meant to travel 50 mph. Amazing!