A 55-year-old man was on Saturday evening on the bike in the Lichtenberg District of Friedrichsfelde. About nine o’clock he drove to the bike path to the street Alt-Friedrichsfelde and then to the intersection at the animal Park/Rhinstraße. Suddenly in the dark non-visible construction site appeared in front of him, as the police announced on Sunday.
At this point, the asphalt works have been carried out, resulting in a height difference of about 12 to 18 inches to the bike path. Since the bike driver had not noticed this difference, not slowed it and crashed into the construction site. The 55-Year-old rolled his Bicycle and injured himself severely on the head. He was brought with an ambulance to the hospital and treated there.
construction sites could not always answer, again, is a Problem for cyclists
a police spokesman, the site at the time of accident was backed up and why the bike driver could not see them. After the accident, police officers secured the site to prevent that it will once again come to a Situation like this.
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