Police investigating 'motorcycle trap' allegations

A motorbike is seen on its side in the rain at an apartment complex in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, in this screen capture. Screen captured from Bobaedream

By Bahk Eun-ji

Police have launched an investigation into an incident in which a delivery motorcycle driver was apparently dragged to the ground after a rope locked onto his motorbike at an apartment complex in Guri, Gyeonggi Province.

According to Guri Police Station, Friday, the delivery driver informed police after the incident the previous day, saying that a white rope appeared suddenly at neck height when he was riding into the entrance of the apartment in the rain, causing him to lose control and fall from his motorcycle.

He claimed that a guard employed by the apartment set the rope as trap and pulled it up as if he was trying to catch an animal.

The incident went viral when a user of the online community, Bobaedream, who is believed to be a fellow delivery driver of the victim, posted a photo of the fallen motorcycle and claimed that the rope was a trap that was installed intentionally. The drivers claimed that an apartment guard may have done this because they kept their bikes on the ground level when making deliveries and refused to use the underground parking lot which was slippery with rainwater.

According to police, the guard denied the allegations that he intentionally pulled the rope to catch the man, but said he was trying to hold the rope because it was being dragged by the motorbike.

Police monitored surveillance camera footage, but the scene of the incident had been removed. They are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident, including why the CCTV footage was deleted and why the rope was placed there in the first place.