'Flaming Torch' Cyclist Seriously Burnt
Updated:15:01, Thursday February 28, 2008
A cyclist who suffered second degree burns while riding may have been pedalling so hard his trousers caught fire.
Mieczyslaw Jasinski was described as a "human torch" by stunned witnesses in Poland.
The 55-year-old told doctors how he smelt burning while enjoying a ride and looked down to see his trousers in flames.
Mieczyslaw said he jumped off the bike and rolled on the ground to try and extinguish the fire.
But he still suffered second degree burns to his legs, back and stomach.
Passers-by found him lying on the side of the road in Koroszczyn.
The tattered remains of his trousers were still smoking and he was groaning in pain.
A police spokesman said: "Witnesses said he was like a flaming torch cycling along the road.
"We do not know how it happened but we have heard that it could have been caused by a reaction between friction as he cycled, sweat and the material of his trousers."
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1307359,00.html
Updated:15:01, Thursday February 28, 2008
A cyclist who suffered second degree burns while riding may have been pedalling so hard his trousers caught fire.
Mieczyslaw Jasinski was described as a "human torch" by stunned witnesses in Poland.
The 55-year-old told doctors how he smelt burning while enjoying a ride and looked down to see his trousers in flames.
Mieczyslaw said he jumped off the bike and rolled on the ground to try and extinguish the fire.
But he still suffered second degree burns to his legs, back and stomach.
Passers-by found him lying on the side of the road in Koroszczyn.
The tattered remains of his trousers were still smoking and he was groaning in pain.
A police spokesman said: "Witnesses said he was like a flaming torch cycling along the road.
"We do not know how it happened but we have heard that it could have been caused by a reaction between friction as he cycled, sweat and the material of his trousers."
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1307359,00.html
