Rumor: Drake Johnson in hospital after being run over by forklift.

Submitted by blahblahblahh on

Surprised there isn't a topic on this already. Nothing official on this yet, but lots of talk on Twitter and around the web.

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bluelaw2013

April 14th, 2016 at 7:36 AM ^

1) This crazy shit actually happened. 2) It happened in the track & field facility, while Drake was stretching. 3) Drake had headphones in and could not hear the lift. 4) The lift was carrying a load, so the driver could not see Drake. 5) The employee who let the lift into the area with Drake did not tell the lift driver that Drake was there. 6) The lift was probably not an actual forklift but rather some lighter piece of equipment. 7) The lift may have "run over" Drake or may have rolled over and hit him in some capacity. 8) Drake appears to be mostly okay.

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M-Dog

April 14th, 2016 at 9:16 AM ^

4) The lift was carrying a load, so the driver could not see Drake.

What an idiot.  Never drive a low-visability piece of industrial equipment where you don't know the path ahead is absolutely clear.

Drake Johnson is a fairly large object to just not see.

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LSAClassOf2000

April 13th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^

This was my thought too - I have a feeling that he'd be by Johnson if something even skirting the edge of serious had happened, so hopefully it isn't more than a glancing blow if anything. Still, a forklift weighs a few tons and could do some very, very serious damage - if he did indeed have a run-in with one of any kind, here's hoping to a speedy recovery. 

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