A heavy truck took out the inflatable finishing line of a women’s cycling race in South Australia surprising an ABC TV crew who captured the accident on camera.
Video shows a reporter doing her piece to camera about the Tour Down Under cycling race before pausing for a truck to pass by that on its way takes with it the event’s inflatable finishing line.
ABC reporter Sarah Hancock indeed got a surprise when it occurred.
Two people were lucky not to be hurt when the inflatable finishing line was ripped from the surface and carried with the truck that was hauling hay.
The ABC reported that the truck stopped a distance further down the road and the inflatable finishing line wasn’t badly damaged. After some attention and care it was back in action.
Gumeracha, in the Adelaide hills, has hosted day-one of the women's @tourdownunder and the event got off to a “smashing” start. Report in 7 News at 6pm. @laurenrosevj #TDU #7News pic.twitter.com/s4exny9h1o
— 7 News Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) January 11, 2018
The report said that by the time the women cyclists reached the race’s concluding point the inflatable finishing was back up.
Police were not required on the scene to assist cleaning up what occurred.
A truck has marred the opening of the women's @TourDownUnder crashing through the start line. The embarrassing blunder, which was caught on camera, also shows how close spectators came to being injured. @laurenrosevj #TDU #7News pic.twitter.com/S6AFMSsvUk
— 7 News Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) January 11, 2018
The winner for the day was local cyclist Annette Edmondson. More than 100 women took part in the opening stage of the race in the Adelaide Hills, said the report.
Annette Edmondson has won stage 1 of the women’s @tourdownunder and the TDU finish sign has been resurrected! @abcadelaide pic.twitter.com/mSoRsMLvCs
— Sarah Hancock (@_SarahHancock) January 11, 2018
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