New Zealand motorcyclist slides across intersection, narrowly misses being run over

The incident took place on Tuesday at Invercargill at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island. Video of the close call, uploaded to YouTube, shows the rider failing to recognise an approaching intersection. When he applies the brakes, the motorbike skids and tosses him onto the road.

As he slides across the intersection, he narrowly misses being run over by a speeding van towing a trailer.

The New Zealand Herald reports the rider was not injured but his motorbike was towed f-rom the scene.


 

Police did not speak to the motorcyclist, who left shortly after the crash.

Resident Donelda Bowman said the rider was “back at the bike trying to pick it up” by the time she went to see what the noise was about.

“There was bits and pieces everywhe-re. You can see all these scratch marks on (the road).”