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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:30 am Post subject: Mich. man in wheelchair takes wild ride |
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Mich. man in wheelchair takes wild ride By JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jun 8, 5:57 AM ET
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A 21-year-old man got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph.
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Ben Carpenter was unharmed but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. He had been secured to his wheelchair by a seat belt. Carpenter, who has muscular dystrophy, told a television station that he thought he might not make it through the ride.
"I was probably thinking that this is going to keep going and not stop anywhere, 50 or 60 miles somewhere," he told WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wheelchair_truck_ride |
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