A cyclist in Australia was left with bruises and stitches when he was hit by a kangaroo while out on a group ride, with the impact of the collision killing the animal instantly.
Dominic Shepherd from Junee, New South Wales, was in a group of 20 riders travelling at 40 kilometres an hour when the large marsupial attempted to bound across the road at right angles to him, knocking him from the bike.
The incident which took place between Harefield and Wagga was captured on camera by a cyclist riding behind him, with doctor riding with them administering first aid before he was taken to hospital, reports 9 News.
Mr Shepherd said: “Four lots of stitches, skinned knees, bruising all over my body, and my thumbs where I landed on the grips – I can’t move my thumbs.”
He added: “It’s just one of those things. It’s pretty rare but it does happen, it’s part of the game.”
Last month in Victoria, four cyclists ended up in hospital after one skidded on the carcass of a dead kangaroo, believed to have been killed earlier in a collision with a motor vehicle.
> Four cyclists hospitalised after crashing due to dead kangaroo
11 thoughts on “Video: Cyclist hospitalised as kangaroo leaps across road”
Poor kangaroo wasn’t wearing
Poor kangaroo wasn’t wearing helmet
luck they managed to stop without more falls
How’d you hit the roo, were
How’d you hit the roo, were you reckless?
You been drinking brew for breakfast?
These injuries were blatantly
These injuries were blatantly caused by lack of disc brakes!
That’s a wallaby, not a
That’s a wallaby, not a kangaroo! Roos can be up to 1.8m high and weigh a lot. The rider would be lucky to still be with us if he’d been hit by a roo.
matthewn5 wrote:
There is more than one species each of kangaroo and wallaby. Also roos tend to start out small and get bigger over time. So let’s leave marsupial identification to the aussies . / pedantry.
I hit a 6ft roo Wednesday
I hit a 6ft roo Wednesday evening between Glenrowan and Wangaratta. Nothing broken except the bike, some skin off and lots of bruising to my lower back. A huge thanks to the young bloke in the 4×4 that stopped to help and give me a lift home.
Sad seeing the ‘roo’ on the
Sad seeing the ‘roo’ on the deck
griggers wrote:
Sad indeed. But they are common roadkill around here unfortunately.
We don’t have roos up here, but we have wallabies.
So that’s how they get their
So that’s how they get their meat for the barbi. Hope the rider is ok, could have been worse.
When I’m reading ‘that’s not
When I’m reading ‘that’s not a wallaby’ I’m hearing ‘that’s not a knife….’ etc etc !!
The Australian government has
The Australian government has now passed a law forcing all kangaroos to wear helmets and carry id, on pain of an inappropriately large fine.