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Local man goes for the ride of his life
Updated: June 7, 2007 07:23 AM EDT

PAW PAW -- The Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post and Van Buren County Central Dispatch began receiving strange reports of a man in a wheel chair being pushed by a semi truck on Wednesday afternoon.

The wheel chair of a 21-year-old man became lodged in the grill of a semi truck as the vehicle pulled out of a gas station. The semi then began driving down Red Arrow Highway, with its new and unusual hood ornament still attached.

Police initially thought the report might have been a prank until they started receiving more reports of the situation.

Troopers responded to the Ralph Moyle Trucking Company, located on Red Arrow Highway, where it was reported the semi truck had pulled in -- wheel chair and occupant still attached.

Troopers and officers discovered the man in the wheel chair, unharmed.

An investigation revealed the semi truck, owned by RMI, had pulled out of a local gas station. While doing so the young man in the wheel chair pulled in front of the semi truck. His wheel chair became lodged by its handles in the front grill of the semi truck. The unwitting semi truck driver then proceeded to travel west on Red Arrow Highway at speeds of approximately 50 MPH.

The semi traveled for an estimated four miles unknowingly pushing the man in the wheel chair.

Once the semi truck had pulled into the Ralph Moyle lot, Troopers approached him and advised him of the man in the wheel chair. The driver did not believe them until he stepped out of the truck and saw the man still sitting in his wheel chair.

Police said the man was unharmed and unfazed by the incident. The young man said it was quite a ride.

One trooper on the scene said it would be possible to work another 90 years in law enforcement and never see an incident such as this one, but they are just glad no one was injured.

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During Windy's freshman year, her 38-year-old track coach, Brenton Wuchae, began taking a more active interest in her, offering to give the 14-year-old rides home from practice.

"He just seemed like a genuine guy, like he was there for the kids," said Windy's father, Dennis Hager.

But the Hagers eventually grew uneasy. Their phone bills showed text messages between Wuchae and Windy as late as 2 a.m.

They also discovered worrying e-mails. In one, Windy wrote to a friend, "I don't care to look at anyone other than him. He is the apple of my eye, I've never felt this way for someone, but I just don't want to lose him because of my parents' power trips."

The principal of the high school wrote to the Hagers, "I have seen nothing but a cooperative attitude from the teacher, and to the best of my knowledge, he has not had any contact with Windy since then."

"School officials can't be responsible for what happens the other hours of the day, and I would think the relationship developed much more outside of school," said Brian Shaw, an attorney for the school district.

Meanwhile, the Hagers say Windy withdrew, refusing to speak to them until she asked them to sign a consent form so that she and her coach — a man more than twice her age — could get married.

Although anguished, her weary parents gave in.

"Signing those consent forms was the hardest thing I did in my whole life, but we had to move on, it was going to kill us all," Dennis said.

Monday, Windy and Wuchae married, and he resigned from the school.

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A Black Rock couple was flabbergasted to learn their 5-year-old son brought a wrapped “ten pack” of heroin into his day care center Tuesday, passing it off to other children as “candy.”

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Once a Marine, always a Marine... God bless the veterans, for they WILL kick your ass if you get out of line.

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