Monday, March 10, 2008

Picnic trip is cut short for 800-pound man - Bed on flatbed truck knocked off by underpass


SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico — When you weigh 800 pounds, you need a forklift and a tow truck to go for a Sunday picnic.
Unfortunately for Monterrey's famous large man, Manuel Uribe, 42, his first such jaunt in five years was canceled by doctors after a freak accident en route to La Boca dam, a popular weekend destination near this northern Mexican city.
The sunshade on his specially reinforced bed, which was propped on a flatbed tow truck big enough for a bus, was knocked off by a low underpass. Full Story - Video -Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Gordon's Jewelers