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06-08-2007, 09:18 AM

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Man in wheelchair takes ride on semi's grille

linky to story with some pics.
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6623359

911 call

http://woodtv.triton.net/news/phone...911multiple.mp3

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PAW PAW -- A young man has quite the story to tell after his wheelchair got lodged in the grill of a semi truck, which dragged the chair and the man inside for five miles down a road.

Muscular dystrophy forced Ben Carpenter, 22, of Alamo into a wheelchair eight years ago. He was on one of his twice-weekly outings, this time in Paw Paw around 4 p.m. Wednesday.

As he crossed Red Arrow Highway in front of a semi truck, he didn't make the traffic light. The truck driver apparently didn't see Carpenter and a collision occurred, causing the wheelchair's handles to become lodged in the truck's grill.

Carpenter remembers the sound. "Kind of like train cars coming together, something like that," he told 24 Hour News 8.

Unable to hear Carpenter's cries for help over the hum of the diesel engine, the truck driver continued down Red Arrow Highway at speeds of approximately 50 mph.

"It was fast, I know that. Faster than this chair was made to go," Carpenter said.

"I was thinking, the cars keep going by and nobody bothered to stop."

But they were calling 911.

The Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post and Van Buren County Central Dispatch began receiving strange reports of the situation. Police initially thought the report might have been a prank until they started receiving more calls.

Time was running out on Carpenter as the dark streaks on the road were marks left by the smoking tires on his wheelchair.

"I was probably thinking that this is going to keep going and not stop anywhere, 50 or 60 miles somewhere. What if I end up in South Haven? I mean, I would have been dead way before that."

Luckily for him, the truck driver stopped five miles down the road at Ralph Moyle Trucking Company, which owned the truck.

"If I had gone any more miles, the tires would have been gone all the way," Carpenter said.

When troopers arrived at the scene they discovered Carpenter unharmed and unfazed by the incident.

"I was happy. Thank God it was over," Carpenter said. "I thought it was kind of like a fair ride. I don't remember feeling any bumps though. I must have, but the road must have been pretty smooth."

Police approached the driver and advised him of what happened. The driver did not believe them until he stepped out of the truck and saw Carpenter still sitting in the chair.

One trooper on the scene said, "You could work another 90 years in law enforcement and never see something like this."

Everybody said they are just glad no one was injured.

Authorities say no charges will be filed.

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06-08-2007, 09:26 AM	#2
licupssy Mad Man From Azkaban Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: #12 Grimmauld Place Posts: 7,319/7.40 Threads: 414 Friends Network Gold Member	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? Yeah, seen photos of it on last nights news!!! http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/177...QXaMvW0QsppaP0E
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06-08-2007, 09:43 AM	#3
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06-08-2007, 10:09 AM	#4
xevious Owner of Newbs Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: movin around like the feds is after me Posts: 4,814/3.48 Threads: 427 Friends Network	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? That would be so goddamned fun.

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06-08-2007, 11:53 AM	#5
Jackie-0 What Would Jackie Do? Champion! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The American Riviera Posts: 1,983/1.64 Threads: 53 Friends Network Gold Member	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? I just want to mention that thanks to the interwebs, I can no longer refer to bar-be-que by it's original name. It is now always wtfbbq.
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06-08-2007, 01:10 PM	#6
mstad Pennywise Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too! Posts: 15,029/10.86 Threads: 372 Friends Network	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? That kids shirt rules.

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06-08-2007, 01:12 PM	#7
Jimi Banned by pornerators Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,175/4.66 Threads: 319 Friends Network	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? I saw this on the news after the SPURS WON last night.
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06-08-2007, 06:17 PM	#8
licupssy Mad Man From Azkaban Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: #12 Grimmauld Place Posts: 7,319/7.40 Threads: 414 Friends Network Gold Member	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? Bummer, kid's photos got blown off Most viewed Photos by Paris Hilton!
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06-08-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by xevious

That would be so goddamned fun.

I would love to go on a ride like that, but knowing my luck the damn wheels would lock up and I'd get my happy ass ran over

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06-09-2007, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by adrenaline

Carpenter said. "I thought it was kind of like a fair ride. I don't remember feeling any bumps though. I must have, but the road must have been pretty smooth."[/url]

Damn skippy! That would be a sweet ride to take.

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06-09-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackie-0

I just want to mention that thanks to the interwebs, I can no longer refer to bar-be-que by it's original name. It is now always wtfbbq.

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06-09-2007, 04:39 PM	#12
damien666 OG Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Washington Posts: 61/0.03 Threads: 2 Friends Network	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? When I first heard about that I couldn't stop laughing.
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06-09-2007, 05:30 PM	#13
Lucky13 slut Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cali Posts: 3,422/2.49 Threads: 131 Friends Network	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? Yeah, I saw that on the news and I was like "No fuckin way" that's the type of thing you see as a weird sequence on a cheesy comedy movie, not real life.

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06-10-2007, 02:44 PM	#14
Jimi Banned by pornerators Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion! Champion! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,175/4.66 Threads: 319 Friends Network	Re: Omgwtfbbq?? They said the guy was unphased.... He may not have working legs, but he has balls.
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