Man in wheelchair pushed four miles by semi

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:48:33 -0800

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) - Police say a Michigan man got the ride of a lifetime after his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semi-truck and was pushed down a highway.

Police haven't released the name of the man, who was wearing a seat belt. They say he was taken to a hospital yesterday as a precaution.

Police say the man in the wheelchair pulled in front of the truck as it left a gas station in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit.

The truck drove about four miles -- at speeds up to 50 miles-per-hour -- before officers stopped the driver, who said he had no idea he had a wheelchair entangled with his truck. Officers say the driver didn't believe it until he stepped from his cab and saw the man.

The 21-year-old in the wheelchair apparently was unfazed by the incident. Police quote him as saying, "It was quite a ride."

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New Orleans mayor suspends reopening of the city.

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:28:16 -0800

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The mayor of New Orleans has suspended his plan to repopulate the city in stages. He says it's partly because of the potential threat from a new tropical storm heading toward the Gulf of Mexico.

Mayor Ray Nagin says more rain might bring new flooding, since the city's pumping facilities aren't at full capacity.

His announcement came after repeated warnings from top federal officials -- including President Bush -- that the city is unsafe.

Nagin spoke hours after residents of the Algiers neighborhood, across the river from the French Quarter, began to return.

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Man in wheelchair pushed four miles by semi

New Orleans mayor suspends reopening of the city.