US: Inebriated Man Hangs Onto Moving Truck For 200 Km Hoping To 'Find His Wife'

Drunk people doing unexpected things is a well-known fact worldwide. Sometimes their deeds are funny, and sometimes they are outright dangerous. Recently, a drunk man in the US was arrested for hanging onto a truck for almost 200 km in the hopes of finding his wife. He ended up landing in a different state.

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Just when you think you've seen it all... This Wichita man was arrested early Monday morning (around 2:30 am) after he hitched a ride almost to OKC holding on to the back rails of a semi. We'll have reaction from folks who know him tonight on #KAKENews pic.twitter.com/PuhSyFbp6b

¡ª Eli Higgins (@EliTheTVGuy) October 6, 2022

The inebriated man had 'hitched a ride on the back rails of a semi,' Twitter user Eli Higgins wrote in a post. He explained, "Just when you think you've seen it all... This Wichita man was arrested early Monday morning (around 2:30 am) after he hitched a ride almost to OKC holding on to the back rails of a semi. We'll have reaction from folks who know him tonight on #KAKENews."

The man was later identified as Dustin Slocum, 30, from Wichita, Kansas. He hopped on the back rail of the truck while it was leaving a shipyard. He managed to hang on for 130 miles (around 209 km) for two hours and ended up in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

The man was 'hoping to find his wife'

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The man was drunk, but he sure knew what he was doing and why he was doing it. When authorities asked the drunk man why he was on the truck, he stated he was ¡°hoping to find his wife¡±. "It's so bizarre. The person that called said there appears to be a man on the back of this truck," Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Eric Foster told Kake TV.

At 2:30 am that day, police arrested Slocum for public intoxication and joyriding, each a misdemeanour charge to which he pleaded not guilty.

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