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A 46-year-old man riding a moped along a road in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, was knocked to the ground after he hit an air hose stretched across the road on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:50 a.m. in Chuo Ward. The blue air hose, which is one inch in diameter and used to to inflate tires, belongs to an auto-repair facility on one side of the road. It was outside the repair shop and wrapped around a reel, which allowed anyone to pull the hose out for use. Police said it had been stretched across the six-meter-wide road at a height of 70 cms and attached to a signpost on the other side.
The victim, who is a company employee, told police he noticed the air hose at the last minute but was unable to apply the moped’s brake in time. Police said he suffered minor injuries to his face.
Police said whoever stretched the hose across the road faces a charge of attempted murder and added they are examining street surveillance camera footage to try and identify the person or persons responsible.
© Japan Today
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JJ Jetplane
Some people have a really sick sense of humor. Someone on a moped could easily have been killed. What would have happened if it was a child riding their bike and didn't see the rope?
Do the hustle
Yep! Attempted murder it is! No doubt the idiots were hanging nearby watching for someone to hit it. This is an extremely dangerous and stupid prank that very often results in serious injury or death.
Vince Black
This is becoming a trend. The Japanese group mentality sometimes has deadly consequences
DaDude
Just like the one a few weeks ago, probably some punk kids who "did it for fun" and "had no intention on killing anyone."
Bugle Boy of Company B
You have a pretty poor imagination if you can’t figure that out. The child would fall down. Get some scrapes and bruises.
3RENSHO
"What would have happened if it was a child riding their bike and didn't see the rope?"
What rope?
Disillusioned
Rope or air hose, it was 1am in the morning. It's unlikely any child would be riding his or her bicycle around at that time of the morning.
taj
Most likely with their phone in hand, recording it for their YouTube channel.
Joe Yan
It takes a minute to bring a moped to a stop?
obladi
Yeah. Could have been much worse if the bike was going at high speed. Hope they catch the guys who did it and they get scared straight...
Mocheake
With all the cameras everywhere nowadays, it's surprising that they don't have a recording of the incident.
chisineko
Attempted murder probably best taken seriously by the police.
oldman_13
This has happened several times recently.
Proof that things are getting worse over there.
nandakandamanda
Not a soft squidgy garden hose, but a slim, toughened air line. Pretty deadly actually. Lucky the guy got away with minor injuries to his face.