Michigan Wolverines running back Drake Johnson was run over by a forklift earlier this spring. The University of Michigan police report from the incident, obtained by the Detroit News, has revealed new details from what happened on April 13th.
In the report, the driver of the forklift says he thought he ran over a starting block, before realizing he had actually run over Johnson.
Johnson was “moving a large cabinet and was traveling with the cabinet about eye level. He stopped at the large garage door and a co-worker opened the door for him." He then drove into the building "and felt a bump, stating he thought he ran over a starting block, when he saw Drake Johnson, a student-athlete, roll from under the forklift. And M. Johnson realized he had ran over Drake Johnson who was sitting on the track floor stretching."
Johnson, who also ran track this spring for Michigan, was taken to the hospital and held for observation. Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said the incident could have killed Johnson.
"I can tell you this, it would have killed a lesser man, but he is blue twisted steel, very flexible and amazing,” Harbaugh said. "But it’s one of those miraculous things and he is doing well ... It’s a miracle right up there with Easter. Just thanking God he is all right, that’s my thoughts on it."
Johnson will be ready for the start of the season, as Harbaugh said he'd only miss a few days at most when he was run over. He's battled knee injuries the past, blowing out his ACL twice. He had 54 carries for 271 yards and two scores last year.
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