Biker fails to notice missing leg
Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:52AM EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for more than a mile, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.
The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.
He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.
The man and his leg were taken to a hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.
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08-14-2007, 02:31 PM #1
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news: biker fails to notice missing leg
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08-14-2007, 02:47 PM #2
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isn't that horrible!!!
When I read the title/first line I wondered how he could keep pedaling without noticing.
I hope things work out well for him.
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08-14-2007, 02:51 PM #3
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We have bee discussing this on another board that I belong to. Isn't that crazy. I actually ride/race sportbikes as another extra hobby when I have time. Here is a picture of my latest race bike.
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08-14-2007, 04:20 PM #4
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that is one sexy motorbike Tiffany!!!!
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08-14-2007, 05:01 PM #5
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Is it wrong of me to wonder if he noticed at the next stop because he went to put his foot down and..........
fell over?I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.
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08-14-2007, 05:13 PM #6
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Hot, gorgeous bike, Tiffany! I don't race, but here's my "other bike":
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aaaaahrk! That's HORRIBLE!
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08-15-2007, 03:27 AM #9
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I remember something similar in Nashville about 20 years ago. Late night wreck on the interstate where a teenage girl sideswiped a truck while her arm was resting on the door (with the window down).
She drove a mile before she looked down and noticed that her arm was gone. In her case, it was reported that she felt no pain, but immediately went into shock when she saw what happened.If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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