A young mountain biker rode into a wire rope on a small forest path leading from the Magglingen sports school to the Pavillionweg in Biel on Friday and had a serious fall. During the first descent of the biker and his colleague shortly beforehand, the wire rope was not yet in place. On the second descent, the biker in front was suddenly thrown violently to the ground. Thanks to good protective equipment and a lot of luck, the young man was uninjured. The Bernese Jura-Seeland investigating magistrate's office and the Bern cantonal police are now looking for witnesses to this incident.
Before the accident, an unknown perpetrator must have stretched the wire rope between two trees at a height of 1.3 meters. The police are looking for witnesses (Tel. 032 344 51 11), in particular a walker with a light-colored shepherd dog that the bikers had crossed on their first descent.
