Level: Intermediate
Kieran McGovern
Part 2
At first the police thought it was a joke. But the
calls about the wheelchair kept coming.
‘A truck just came by with a gentleman in a
wheelchair on the front,’ a woman told the
emergency operator. ‘He’s pushing him down
the road.’
Luckily, a police car was travelling down the same
highway in the opposite direction. The police car did a
U-turn and managed to get the lorry to stop.
Spilled Drink
The driver climbed down from his cab. When he saw the
Mr Carpenter he nearly fainted. Surprisingly, his young
‘passenger’ was quite relaxed. ‘Mr
Carpenter spilled his can of cola,’ said the
police officer. ‘And he lost his hat. But he
wasn’t upset.’
And the wheelchair? It needed new tyres but was back on
the road in a week.
“It was very scary,’ said Mr
Carpenter, later. ‘I tried to call for help
but nobody could hear me.’
Here is
a TV interview with Mr Carpenter about what happened.
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