THE FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO, 9-1-1 CENTER got one of those memorable moments early Friday morning when a man called in to say he was trapped on the rear of a semi-trailer truck and couldn’t get off.
NBC4-TV, Columbus is reporting:
Brandon Farmer, 24, called 911 Friday morning and reported that he jumped on a semi trailer stopped at a red light at the split (or Y) on Court St. in Washington Court House. Farmer said he and buddy were drinking and he was dared to jump on the back of a semi as it was traveling westbound.
Brandon Farmer
According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s office, Farmer told authorities that his intent was to ride on the back of the trailer until it stopped at the next traffic signal in the downtown and then dismount.
However, Farmer was unaware that the traffic signals in the downtown area were in sequence to remain green during the evening hours unless cross traffic from a side street pulled up to the intersection and triggered the sensor to change the traffic flow.
“With very light traffic at that hour of the morning, the semi was able to proceed through Washington Court House without stopping for a red signal,” said Fayette County Sheriff Vernon Stanforth.
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Then the truck got up to speed on the open highway without any need to slow down or stop anymore. That’s when the rapidly-sobering-up man called in his dilemma. After getting a description of some landmarks in the area he was passing through, the dispatcher radioed the info. and a Sabina police officer spotted the truck. It was the man hanging onto the back door that tipped him off.
The truck was pulled over by the deputy and the puzzled driver had no idea that he had a stowaway on the back of his trailer. Farmer, uninjured, was taken by Sabina police to the county line, where he was picked up by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies talked to Farmer, “it was determined that he was under the influence of alcohol.” Farmer was then arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 28.
The Fayette County Record Herald has MORE.
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