Riders Throat Slit By Steel Sheet Sticking Out In Road

Story ByJohn FengSub EditorJoseph GolderAgencyAsia Wire Report

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This harrowing video shows an unsuspecting scooter rider having his jugular slit by a corrugated metal sheet sticking out from the back of a parked pedicab that snags his neck as he is riding past.

Social media footage taken somewhere in China shows captured the distressing moment in full on 14th September.

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In the video, the scooter owner, who has not been named, rides past the front of a vegetable vendor and looks down at her produce without noticing the corrugated steel sheet ahead.

The metal sheet is jutting out the back of a parked pedicab, and the male scooter rider drives into it, the video shows.

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The sharp edge of the steel sheet brushes past the left side of his neck, apparently cutting through the man’s skin and slitting his left jugular veins.

The clip shows him attempting to park his scooter but stumbling off it as witnesses notice his injury but do nothing to help.

The scooter owner can be seen clutching his neck while trying to find help, eventually kneeling down on the ground as blood gushes from his injured neck.

The video ends with witnesses finally appearing to run for help, with the man thought to have received treatment for the freak injury.

However, his precise condition is currently unclear.

Reports have suggested the pedicab owner could be charged with overloading, but this remains unconfirmed.

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