Police Report Released from Drake Johnson Forklift Accident
Police report: @umichfootball's Drake Johnson was struck by forklift https://t.co/JIy6CFSA6k pic.twitter.com/jZR3qkNmSU
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) May 24, 2016
Driver thought he had run over a starting block in the track building when, in fact, it was Drake Johnson
"It would've killed a lesser man"
"little brother" joke in there somewhere...
i started my new job working in a warehouse and driving a hi/lo this is my biggest fear, that or putting the forks through a $15,000 84" Planar screen...
Shit.. I worked at a paper mill where I've seen people cut off a brand new $30,000 felt because they thought it was the one they were changing. Only to find out that the crew that just left spent the last 4 hours putting it on.
but damn, that guy is quick! He shot out of there like a cat.
my friends is a man who used every last drop in his adrenaline tank when he flew off that forklift. What kind of speed do you have!! I had an ATV tip over backwards on me pulling a dock out of the water. Three foot ledge and drop to the shore. Waves ate the bank out. I landed on the shor,e on my back, with a hard thud as the fourwheeler came with me. My feet came together right on the seat and gas tank. I kicked it off to the side like it was nothing. This was a 700 lb. Honda Ranger I think. Would've most certainly broke dozens of bones and quite possibly would've ended the reign. Now if you guys had recruited me that's the kind power I would'v been using on guys like Troy Smith in my prime. Dudes I was your Crablex2!!
Moral of the story, don't skip leg day
every damn one of my evil sisters. I got even when I out grew them!
Poor kid is destined to get run over by women his whole life.
Joking. Sort of.
Though I'm tired of the local media trying to find any way to cast a negative light on the football program (I'm sure they were wishing for a damaging toxicology report), I enjoy any opportunity to read that quote.
It doesn't look like there's any info on the report we didn't already know. I wonder what they were hoping to uncover?
Probably just a leave no stone unturned kind of thing
Leave no stone unthrown
Leave no detail un-made-up
We now know the forklift drivers name. Duh.
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Maybe they were looking for excessive time spent stretching once again.
+1 for historical/hysterical knowledge.
Probably a formality to make sure there was no negligence (someone operating the forklift under the influence, etc). both from a criminal perspective and to protect UofM from any lawsuits.
not a lawyer, but I stayed in a holiday inn.
But not a holiday inn express?
Everybody loves the Drake! Except the fortify driver...
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*forklift
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A 2-3 week recovery timeframe means that "struck" is a lot more accurate than "run over."
Don't you love journalism?
I do love journalism. Without it who would we ridicule?
BTW...FUCK penn state.
I usually love Angelique's work, but there's really no point to this story whatsoever, other than to feed clicks. The open records demand revealed:
- That Johnson is made of Blue Twisted Steel
- The forklift driver ran Johnson over accidentally
- The staff examined him and took him to the hospital
When you add those together, you get zero new information. The headline could have just as well have been Detroit News Open Records Act Request Confirms Reports from Michigan's Athletic Department.
100 days to the start of the CFB season!
But it does confirm that the forklift story is true, and that it's not some cover story for something worse.
Howevah, in my mind that would only be "news" if there were some credible murmurings of a cover-up. I never caught a whiff of that - hence my opinion that this is not news.
We also learned that there was a co-worker involved who apparently failed to warn Drake Johnson and Matt Johnson about each other. Furthermore, since the large cabinet was at eye level, it might have been more prudent to travel in reverse so the driver would have had an unobstructed view. That and the back up alarm would surely have warned Johnson about Johnson.
I could think of another Drake that could get run over by a forklift
Indeed, dude is garbage and should go back to Degrasi.
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JIMMMMMAYYYYYY
Drake- Views from under a forklift
Glad he's ok.
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I assume the fork truck driver got fired. You are supposed to go in reverse when moving a load that obstructs your view. Break a deal, face the wheel.
+1 Mad Max
Fixed dat for you
Fixed dat for you
Young MC'd dat for you.
Busta Rhymes.
Fix dat fo' ya'll
I like this game.
Drake was fortunate.
thanks, captain obvious
Uh, it appears his surname is Quattro - not "obvious." Also, no military rank is apparent.
have you been buried the last 10 years, sir?
Bad things happen when Michigan players stretch.
Wonder what was scratched out of the police report... Something about his injury.
I still don't understand how a forklift could've actually run him over and not broken anything. Forklifts are heavy, right? How was this only a 2-3 week injury?
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They had to scrap the forklift...frame was bent from the impact
Hahahahahaha
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