Funny EnglishコミュのDarwin Awards Nominee No. 2

I always look forward to the Darwin Awards!?
And once again, it's time
For the Darwin Award Nominees.

The Darwin's are awarded every year to
The persons who died in the most stupid manner,
thereby removing themselves from the gene pool.

This year's nominees are:

Nominee No. 2: [Kalamazoo Gazette]:
James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo, MI,
was killed in March as he was trying to repair
what police describe as a "farm-type truck."
Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a
highway while Burns hung underneath
So that he could ascertain the source of a
troubling noise. Burns' clothes
Caught on something, however, and the other
man found Burns "wrapped
In the drive shaft".