82-YEAR-OLD SMASHES INTO GOALPOST DURING H.S. GAME: A van driver managed to delay a high school football game - by crashing into a goalpost:

WEAU-TV in Eau Claire reports hundreds of spectators went running for their lives when 82-year-old Palmer Kroeplin slammed through a fence and hit the goalpost during at game at Stanley-Boyd High School in Wisconsin.

Witnesses at the Friday night game saw a Dodge Minivan in the parking lot hitting the fence, backing up and crashing into an ambulance, shifting quickly back into drive, and with tires squealing smashing through the fence and hitting the post.

Luckily, no one was seriously injured. Although some may have considered ending the game after the crash, the teams from Stanley-Boyd and Colby decided to continue after an hour delay, using only one goalpost for the remainder of the contest.

Police are still trying to figure out how and why the accident happened. Kroeplin claims to have blacked out and not remember the incident, leading the cops to theorize that he may have suffered a medical problem while driving.

But fans weren’t so sure as they fled the collision. Student Shawn Stuttgen said, “My first thought was that he was after somebody and was gonna hurt somebody.”

Or he may have just been looking for the nearest farmers market.