June 6: Benjamin Carpenter, of Kalamazoo, Mich., is shown in a wheelchair after becoming stuck to the grill of a truck near Paw Paw, Mich.
June 6: Benjamin Carpenter, of Kalamazoo, Mich., is shown in a wheelchair after becoming stuck to the grill of a truck near Paw Paw, Mich.
Whoever manufactures that thing just got an incredible endorsement. Amazing.
I don’t know what color his pants were before the incident but they had to be brown after wards!
I’m calling B.S. on how he got stuck. I think he tried to kill himself and failed.
I read a story about this earlier, minus picture. I figured after I saw a picture I’d understand how he possible could have gotten stuck on there. I still don’t get it. When crossing the street, one aims oneself perpendicular to the stopped traffic (those of us who walk do so because it makes sense, those who travel in wheelchairs do so because their chairs simply aren’t equipped to roll sideways). So how the heck did this guy manage to roll in front of the truck and get latched onto its grill at a 90 degree angle to the direction he had to have been rolling in ??? I can sorta kinda maybe see how ONE of the chair handles could have gotten into the grill, but it appears that BOTH are solidly wedged in there.
And it’s impressive that the guy in the wheelchair remained calm about all this. The truck driver must have nearly had a heart attack when he saw it!
Watch out for the bugs.
Actually, if you give my Mom’s wheelchair a push on the side, it will rotate into the “going forward” alignment, i.e., spin on one wheel.
I think the guy at least owes the truck driver bus fare.
;His head rest is an otto boc brand and it has an steel rod that extends out in the back.
I have to cut KV’s down else it pokes me right in the breastbone when using the tilt in space feature of his chair.
We also have a carraig bar on the back to extend the handles to push his manual chair with more strength, comfort and endurance.
If this fellow had that feature his chair would not have got pinned in to the grill and he would not be here to tell about his big ride.