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An Australian tourist allegedly ran over a woman on a moped in Bali before abandoning her in the middle of the road with a fractured eye socket and serious head injuries.
Sahori Fukuyama, a Japanese tourist in her 30s, was riding a scooter along a road in Uluwatu, a tourist hotspot on Indonesia’s party island, shortly before 9 a.m. on Saturday.
But just as she slowed down and signaled to turn right toward her accommodation, Habitat Village, another cyclist flying around the corner from behind crashed into her.
Horrifying CCTV footage obtained by Daily Mail Australia captured the moment Ms Fukuyama was thrown onto the road as her head bounced off the surface.
The man briefly checked on Ms Fukuyama, who was lying unconscious, before resting her bike on the stand, while several passers-by ran to help.
Ms. Fukuyama was taken by passersby to a local clinic and then rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
Several witnesses claimed that the man, who appeared to be in his early 20s with short brown hair and a mustache, revealed that he was Australian and spoke with an Australian accent.
“He told people at the scene that it was his fault because she had suddenly turned right and he couldn’t stop in time,” Haruka Inoue, a friend of the injured tourist, told Daily Mail Australia.
Japanese tourist Sahori Fukuyama (pictured, right) riding a scooter along a road in Uluwatu, Bali, moments before the horror occurred.
When the tourist slowed down and indicated to turn right to enter her accommodation, another cyclist who was flying around the corner from behind collided with her (pictured: the Australian who collided with her)
“He said he would follow the ambulance and make sure she was okay at the hospital.
‘Everyone panicked and focused on my friend, so they had no space to think about him. But it never appeared.
Ms Fukuyama spent five nights in hospital after suffering a fractured eye socket and traumatic head injuries.
She racked up medical bills of nearly $25,000, which insurance only partially covered, and self-monitored against doctors’ advice.
His friend, Mrs Inoue, who lives in Bali full-time, has become a detective trying to discover the man’s identity, searching for security cameras and talking to restaurant and bar owners in the area.
He has since discovered that the man was partying with a group of four friends hours after the collision.
CCTV footage from a restaurant shows him giving a friend a ride on his moped, both without helmets, despite having crashed 12 hours earlier.
“I’m angry because he’s been telling everyone it was her fault when the footage clearly shows he was wrong,” Inoue said.
Ms Fukuyama spent five nights in hospital, suffering from a fractured eye socket and head injuries.
He racked up medical bills of nearly $25,000 that insurance only partially covered.
The horrific clash between the scooter drivers was captured on CCTV.
“She still has a concussion and can’t even sit up right now.”
Ms Inoue asked the moped driver to “be a man and take responsibility”.
She said her friend is reluctant to file a police report.
“It does not have a local license and according to Indonesian law, people who drive and have an accident without a license cannot file a police report,” he said.
Instead, Mrs. Fukuyama wants the man responsible to contribute to her mounting medical bills.
‘Imagine how you would feel if you woke up in hospital in extreme pain and with no memory. “It’s the least I could,” he said.
His friend Mrs Inoue, who lives in Bali full-time, has become a detective to try to discover the man’s identity, searching for security cameras and talking to restaurant and bar owners in the area (pictured: the man outside a restaurant, dressed in a dark suit). above)
Neither Ms Fukuyama nor the Australian cyclist were wearing a helmet.
Mrs Inoue hopes other tourists will learn from her friend’s ordeal.
“Please take this incident as a terrifying example of what would happen if you don’t wear a helmet, and please always wear a helmet no matter how short a ride you ride,” he said.
‘Make your emergency contact list and have insurance information just in case.’