Tuesday, March 31, 2009

WHEN KEEPIN IT REAL GOES WRONG

Ohio cops this month arrested a man for drunk driving on a motorized bar stool, which can be seen below in a police evidence photo. Kile Wygle, 28, crashed his bar stool near his Newark home earlier this month and called 911 due to his injuries. When an asked what happened, he answered, "I wrecked my bar stool." According to a Newark Police Division report, Wygle's homemade ride is powered by a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine. Wygle noted that the bar stool could hit nearly 40 miles per hour, but that he was only going 20 when he wiped out late in the afternoon on March 4 (a witness told police that he spotted someone driving a "strange motorized machine" before the crash). Wygle, who failed a series of field sobriety tests, was charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license, both misdemeanors. His bar stool was not impounded.