Last Wednesday, police received another report of fishing line set two inches off the ground deliberately tied across a dock ramp at Regatta Landing. Spokesperson Bowen Osoko said trip wire could pose deadly or life-altering risks to pedestrians and cyclists, citing a local cyclist who sustained a serious injury after riding over trip wire a few years ago. Trip wire cases don't happen often in the area, but when they do, they can be very difficult to spot before it's too late. Similar trip wire cases in the last few yearsBurger said that, in the past, trip wire has been discovered on local mountain biking trails. In the summer of 2013, trip wire left a large gash in a mountain biker's throat as he was cycling in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2020 00:56 UTC