"An unknown car driver and a 51-year-old e-bike rider disagreed about their respective behaviour," is how the St. Gallen cantonal police summarized what happened on Flumserberg last Sunday. The other information in this article is also based on the police statement. However, only the e-biker concerned has spoken to them.

At 1 p.m. on Sunday, a 51-year-old man and another person were riding their e-mountainbikes downhill on Flumserbergstrasse. A man was riding behind them in a green BMW. He apparently honks his horn so aggressively that it becomes too much for the 51-year-old, who stops on the road and confronts the honking driver.

Get on the gas instead of talking

However, he has no interest in talking, rolls over the mountain bike lying on the road and walks away from the scene, which at that moment becomes the scene of the accident. According to the police report, the damage to the bike, including a torn-off change, amounts to around 2,500 francs. No other defects on the Santa Cruz Heckler can be found in the report.

The St. Gallen police are now looking for witnesses who can provide information about the estimated 60-year-old driver of a mint or light green BMW Touring, probably with St. Gallen license plates. A woman of a similar age was also in the car.

So this Sunday on the Flumserberg ended unpleasantly for the mountain biker and possibly with financial damage. In view of other people in the headlines who don't have their emotions under control, you're glad nothing worse happened.