If we can't find humour in such shocking events, we're doomed to be overwhelmed by them. The man had the good fortune to have a wheelchair with a seatbelt (having not been confined to a wheelchair for an extended length of time, I have no idea how common this is), he was unhurt and although there weren't many details about him mentioned it seems that he wasn't traumatized by the event. The absurdity and unlikeliness of it merits a laugh, in my opinion; as Charlatan rightly pointed out, it's almost like something out of a sitcom.
I'm trying to imagine the events that would lead up to something like this. Again, I have never spent an extended length of time in a wheelchair but in the brief period I did have to use one I don't recall ever having any undue trouble with the handles getting caught anywhere. It's inconceivable to me that the man would become stuck and that the driver would fail to notice, but apparently both occurred. It's the unlikeliness that provides the humour, not the man's misfortune itself.
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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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