Aussie involved in horror ‘hit and run’ moped crash in Bali, as victim’s friend hunts his identity

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An Australian holidaymaker allegedly hit a woman on a moped in Bali before leaving her in the middle of the road with a fractured eye socket and serious head injuries.

Sahori Fukuyama, a Japanese tourist in his mid-30s, was riding a scooter along a road in Uluwatu, a tourist hotspot on Indonesia’s party island, just before 9 a.m. on Saturday.

But just as she slowed down and indicated that she was turning right towards her accommodation, Habitat Village, another moped rider flying wide 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 on the surface.

The man briefly checked on Ms Fukuyama, who lay unconscious, before placing his bicycle on its stand as several bystanders ran over to help.

Ms Fukuyama was carried by bystanders to a local clinic and then rushed to hospital in an ambulance.

Multiple witnesses claimed the man, who appeared to be in his early 20s with short brown hair and a mustache, revealed he was Australian and spoke with an Aussie accent.

“He told the people at the scene that it was her fault because she suddenly turned to the right and he couldn’t stop in time,” the injured tourist’s friend Haruka Inoue told Daily Mail Australia.

When the tourist slowed down and indicated that she was turning right into her accommodation, another moped rider who flew wide around the corner from behind crashed into her (photo: the Australian man who crashed into her)

‘He said he would follow the ambulance and make sure everything was OK at the hospital.

‘Everyone was panicking and focusing on my friend so they had no space to think about him. But he never showed up.”

Ms Fukuyama spent five nights in hospital after suffering a fractured eye socket and traumatic head injury.

She racked up medical bills of nearly $25,000, which were only partially covered by insurance, and checked herself out against doctors’ advice.

Her friend Ms Inoue, who lives full-time in Bali, has become a sleuth to uncover the man’s identity, hunting CCTV and talking to restaurant and bar owners in the area.

She 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 lift on his moped, neither wearing helmets despite having crashed 12 hours earlier.

“I’m angry because he told everyone it was her fault when the footage clearly shows he was wrong,” Ms Inoue said.

Ms Fukuyama spent five nights in hospital with a fractured eye socket and head injuries

She racked up medical bills of nearly $25,000, which were only partially covered by insurance

The horror crash between the scooter riders was captured on camera footage

“She still has a concussion and can’t even sit up right now.”

Ms Inoue called on the moped rider to ‘be a man and take responsibility’.

She said her friend is reluctant to report the incident to police.

“She does not have a local driver’s license and according to Indonesian law, people who drive without a license and get into an accident cannot report it to the police,” she said.

Instead, Ms. Fukuyama wants the man responsible to contribute to her skyrocketing medical bills.

‘Imagine how you would feel if you woke up in the hospital in extreme pain and without any memory? It’s the least he could do,” she said.

Her friend Ms Inoue, who lives full-time in Bali, has become a detective in an attempt to discover the man’s identity. She looks for CCTV and speaks to restaurant and bar owners in the area (photo: the man outside a restaurant, dressed in a dark top)

Neither Ms Fukuyama nor the Australian rider were wearing helmets.

Ms Inoue hopes other tourists will learn from her friend’s nightmare.

“Please consider this incident as a terrifying example of what would happen if you do not wear the helmet, and please always wear the helmet, no matter how short your ride,” she said.

“Make an emergency contact list and have insurance information available just in case.”