Legendary heavy man can't make party

MONTERREY, Mexico, March 11 (UPI) -- A hefty Mexican man reportedly was prevented from attending his girlfriend's birthday party when a truck hauling him got stuck on the highway.

Manuel Uribe wanted to surprise his girlfriend by arriving at the party via a flatbed truck. However, his bed atop the vehicle got caught on an overpass, El Universal reported Tuesday.

Uribe said he was motivated to attend the festivities by his nearly 350-pound weight loss in the last year.

The 42-year-old man from Monterrey, Mexico, had reached a peak weight of more than 1,200 pounds, making him what physicians believed to have been the heaviest human in history, El Universal reported.