You need to change a tyre on your car, so what would you normally do? That’s right children, you’d loosen the wheel nuts, jack the corresponding corner of the vehicle up, remove the wheel nuts and take the wheel off the vehicle.
Voilà … now swap the wheels.
Easy, no?
Well some redneck American is now in hospital with severe injuries after trying to do the same operation – except with a 12-bore shotgun.
The 66yr old man, who lives just outside Seattle, was working on his car outside his home when the accident happened. The final wheel ‘lug’ (as they call them) wouldn’t shift so with his trusty shotgun held at arm’s length, he blasted the wheel, peppering himself with gunshot and assorted wheel debris.
Police say that the man was working alone, and not drunk, was taken to hospital but is reportedly not in a life-threatening condition. Sadly, using the one-shell-treatment, he sustained injuries starting from his feet up through his abdomen and finishing at his chin.
A Darwin Award should be on its way to the hospital ward …
