[h=1]Motorcyclist drives into wire on Warden Ave.[/h]
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A 26-year-old motorcyclist hit a line of wire strung across Warden Ave. and St. Clair Ave. E. Sunday afternoon, cutting open the side of his neck.
Humayun Kobir was riding his black Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle southbound on Warden Ave., near Warden Woods Park, just after 4 p.m. when he suddenly felt a sharp pain shoot through his neck.
“He said he was feeling that something was getting tighter around his neck,” said Suleyman Kobir, the motorcyclist’s brother. “He saw the blood and that’s when he realized that something had happened.”
Kobir said his brother pulled over and yelled to a bystander for help. Kobir received a call shortly after from the bystander and raced to the scene 5 to 10 minutes later.
At the scene, Kobir saw string, blood and his brother on a stretcher.
Kobir’s brother was conscious and recounted the events before paramedics raced him to St. Michael’s hospital trauma centre for serious injuries.
Although Kobir’s brother is expected to survive, he said it could have been much worse.
“With him riding a bike, I thought it would definitely be very serious. But this is pretty serious too. It was a pretty deep cut,” said Kobir, sighing. “If it was a few inches closer to the middle part of his neck, he could have had his (head) cut off.”
Police suspect the red string was from a fishing or kite wire. However, they would not confirm whether foul play was involved.
Late Sunday afternoon, Kobir picked up his brother’s helmet from the side of the road, along with a bundle of the red string, from the closed intersection.
“Who knows where it came from?” he said, tugging at the wire. “But there seems to be a lot of it.”