Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Kile Wygle Crashes his Motorized Bar Stool

From The Smoking Gun: Ohio man arrested for drunk driving on a homemade vehicle

According to cops, Kile Wygle, 28, crashed his bar stool near his Newark home earlier this month and called 911 due to his injuries. When an officer arrived and asked Wygle what happened, he answered, "I wrecked my bar stool." According to a Newark Police Division report, a copy of which you'll find here, 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). A plastered 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.




911 Call Transcript

911 OPERATOR: 911...

CALLER: I got a friend here that wrecked a bar stool. Hit the pavement with his head.

911 OPERATOR: OK. But he fell just from the bar stool?

CALLER: Um, no. He was riding a bar stool.

911 OPERATOR: OK.

CALLER: Motorized bar stool.

More from the 911 call:
OPERATOR 1: Newark Police emergency...

OPERATOR 2: We're sending a squad over there for a gentleman who wrecked in a motorized bar stool with head lacerations. He's got alcohol on board.

OPERATOR 1: All right.

Wygle was charged with a DUI and driving with a suspended license.

Are motorized bar stools street legal?

Do you need a driver's license to operate one?

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