Driver named Patches Magickbeans high on mushrooms in crash that nearly killed construction worker: cops
A Wisconsin man named Patches Magickbeans seriously injured a worker when he crashed his van into a piece of construction equipment while allegedly high on magic mushrooms, cops said.Patches Magickbeans, 34, of Wisconsin, was “swerving and weaving” on Highway 61 in Silver Creek, Minn.around 3:50 p.m.
on June 19 when his van hit a curb and several traffic cones before barreling into a scissor lift which was being used by a pair of construction workers fixing a light.The vehicle then smashed into the wall of the Lafayette Tunnel and rolled several times before coming to a stop, court documents state.Benjamin Kidd, 27, one of the workers atop the scissor lift during the crash, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.He remains in critical condition, local outlet Northern News Now reported.Another worker using the lift, Bradley Kostiuk, 37, told cops he heard the sound of Magickbeans’ van hitting the cones just in time to see the vehicle racing toward them.
He quickly grabbed the lift’s rail system to pull himself up and managed to hang on to the light fixture for dear life until police helped him down.Cops at the scene said Magickbeans appeared to be intoxicated after the crash, and that he was babbling incoherently and possibly hallucinating, grasping at objects in the air that were not actually there.Court documents said his eyes were “blown” and noted he “became combative with rescue workers” attempting to get him out of the van.They later found psilocybin mushrooms in his car, which Magickbeans initially claimed he had foraged but later changed his story and admitted they were magic mushrooms.He allegedly said he “had a small one the day before along with an edible,” though he insisted his blood test would come back negative for drugs.Results of a blood test are still pending, the outlet said.Magickbeans was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular operation and one count of controlled substance crime in the 2nd degree.
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