Motorcyclist dies after being hit in the head by a flying car tire
An extremely rare accident occurred when a tire flew off from a car going in the opposite direction and hit a motorcyclist in the head.
The incident happened on a street in Brazil's capital Brasilia and was recorded by a dashcam on another motorcyclist's helmet, showing a motorcyclist moving on the road suddenly being hit in the head by a "strange object" and thrown onto the road.
After this person fell down, his motorbike continued to move for a while before falling down.
The strange object was a car wheel, falling off a Volkswagen Golf going in the opposite direction.
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According to Jorge Ademir, the man wearing a helmet with a camera, everything happened very quickly and no one had time to figure out what had happened.
“He didn’t have time to react. It all happened so fast,” Jorge Ademir said. “I didn’t realize what hit him until I saw the video.”
An ambulance was called to the scene but despite the efforts of doctors, the motorcyclist died a few hours later in hospital from his injuries. The victim’s identity has not been released but police said he was 42 years old.
Police have arrested the owner of the Volkswagen Golf and he could face manslaughter charges.
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