armless, one-legged driver doesn’t let the man keep him down
AP — NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Authorities were led on a high speed vehicle chase by an armless, one-legged man, and they said this wasn’t the first time the 40-year-old eluded police.
Michael Francis Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13. He spent time in prison for kicking a Florida Highway Patrol trooper after an accident in 1996. He led police on a 120 mph chase in 1998.
On Tuesday, Wiley sped off in a Ford Explorer when police approached him at a convenience store, New Port Richey police Capt. Darryl Garman said. Officers pursued, but called off the chase after eight minutes because they did not want to put others in danger, Garman said.
Wiley was arrested the next day on charges of fleeing from police and habitually driving without a license. He also is awaiting trial on separate drug charges and traffic violations. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
jay: i posted this just in case you were looking to share a folk hero with me.
May 15th, 2007 at 4:48pm
one hand clapping. a tree that falls but no what hears it. how mystically bad-ass is a one-legged man arrested for kicking an officer?
May 15th, 2007 at 5:08pm
i never thought of it as a zen riddle but you’re right, he is fully mystically bad-ass.