Dr. Dave,
Not an unreasonable hypothesis when you look at that one picture in isolation. However, when you see some of the other photographs, it is clear that the aircraft (or at least the left main bogie) was still on the ground at the point where the trail veers off the runway.
There is a photo of the broken runway edge light at the intersection of the taxiway that shows the wheel marks to the left of the runway.
SD
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