Crippled Coincidence (or Ironic Invalid)

This story belongs here on M&W. It is several weeks old from my trip here to Kentucky. 

I was driving along and I notice someone walking on the side of the highway. Looked like a typical case of "car brakes down, walk to the nearest service center." But I soon notice this is no ordinary walking person but rather someone on crutches. Sad. Poor guy breaks down and can't even walk! But this is not what makes the story so mirthfully woeful. As I continue driving, I notice the next exit has a sign for a hospital. So this begs the quastion, was this merely an ironic coincidence or a tragic event in which the patient just barely didn't make it to the hospital? We will never know, but there you have it all the same to sit and ponder over all you want in search of the true answer.