The driver of a forklift thought he had run over a starting block when, in fact, he had run over Michigan running back Drake Johnson at the indoor track building, according to a University of Michigan Police report.
The report, obtained Tuesday by The Detroit News through an open-records request, was filed as a State of Michigan Traffic Crash Report April 13, the day of the accident.
The report confirms speculation at the time of the accident that Johnson was struck by a forklift.
Johnson, who has endured two anterior cruciate ligament knee tears during his Michigan football career, also ran track this spring, told the U-M police officer he was "sitting on the track floor stretching .