UPDATE - Police say it was an accident with fisherman not a "Booby Trap"

Submitted by Kris Thompson on Mon, 03/26/2012 - 19:37

From 9News

Last Friday night around 6:30, a 62-year-old bicyclist had his ride end abruptly when he was clothes lined by fishing line stretched across the path.
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"We asked the trauma room and they said that when the EMTs brought him in that he had had a clothes line accident and they kept saying that there was fishing line pulled across the bike path and that he ran into it," the victim's wife said. "He said there was an eyewitness and he flew off his bike forward, landed on his head and rolled and that they called it a booby trap."

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17 Comments

I wouldn't call that a

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 12:00

I wouldn't call that a clothesline, but I see your point.

Physics

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 10:45

Fishing line stretches, human body has more mass/ momentum than the bike. Bike slows faster, body falls forward. If the fishing line had no stretch then he would have stopped moving forward immediately.

You need to go back to school

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 12:02

You need to go back to school if you think that's how the physics of a clothesline incident would play out.

Interesting comments on Twitter

Submitted by Kris Thompson on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 11:00

Sounds like this might have been an accident of a fisherman? The tweets are not very clear though.

Reminds me of an incident that happened to me 5-ish years ago when I was snagged by a fly fisherman on the top section of the Boulder creek path, where it is gravel. The fisherman lure got my jersey. He was extremely apologetic to the situation.

Denver Police are now looking into this incident

Submitted by Kris Thompson on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 11:06

Great News! Denver Police are on this now.

From the Denver Police

Submitted by Kris Thompson on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 13:12

"The incident with the bicyclist and the fishing line was never reported to DPD. It appears 9News was contacted by the family and they contacted us just asking for a comment. We are in the process of following up. It was not that the DPD ignored the report, we were not initially informed. I'll let you know what action is taken when we make contact with the injured biker."

Thanks

Submitted by Michelle (not verified) on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 13:34

Thanks for the update & explanation. I almost fell over when I read the initial article saying there was no investigation.