Riding down the Oak Leaf Trail along the Milwaukee Lakefront is often the highlight of Ronald Ekker’s day.
Last Wednesday afternoon was no different.
“I was traveling down the hill probably around 25 miles per hour,” said Ekker. “There was absolutely nobody on this sidewalk from as far as you can see.”
TMJ4 News Suddenly, everything changed. Ekker said a thin wire coming from a light pole across the trail got caught all the way around his neck.
This all unfolded at 3:00 p.m. on the portion of the trail near the Linnwood Water Treatment Plant.
Ekker didn’t see it coming.
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Bicyclist speaks out after colliding with thin wire strung across Oak Leaf Trail
“Everything happened so fast, but it felt like slow motion, and it was dragging across my neck, and I was just waiting for it to tighten up and actually take my head off,” said Ekker. “I was expecting to be decapitated.”
Ronald Ekker