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

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An Aussie holidaymaker allegedly smashed into a woman on a moped in Bali before abandoning her in the middle of the road with a fractured eye socket and serious head injuries.   

Sahori Fukuyama, a Japanese tourist in her mid-30s, was driving a scooter along a road in Uluwatu, a tourist hotspot on the Indonesian party island, just before 9am on Saturday.

But just as she slowed down and indicated to turn right into 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 hurled onto the road as her head bounced on the surface. 

The man briefly checked on Ms Fukuyama, who was lying unconscious, before he propped his bike on its stand, as multiple bystanders raced 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 aged in his early 20s with short brown hair and a moustache, revealed that he was Australian and spoke with an Aussie accent.

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

Japanese tourist Sahori Fukuyama (pictured, right) riding a scooter along a road in Uluwatu in Bali moments before horror struck

Ss the tourist slowed down and indicated to turn right into her accommodation, another moped rider flying wide around the corner from behind crashed into her (pictured: the Australian man who crashed into her)

‘He said he would follow the ambulance and make sure she was okay at the hospital. 

‘Everyone was panicked and focused on my friend so they didn’t have room to think about him. But he never showed.’

Ms Fukuyama spent five nights in hospital after she suffered from a fractured eye socket and traumatic head injuries.

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

Her friend Ms Inoue, who lives in Bali full-time, has turned into a sleuth to try to work out the man’s identity, hunting down CCTV and speaking to restaurant and bar owners in the area.

She has since discovered that the man partied with a group of four friends hours after the collision.

Footage from a restaurant’s CCTV shows him giving a friend a lift on his moped, with both not wearing helmets – despite crashing 12 hours previously. 

‘I’m angry because he’s been telling everyone that it was her fault when the footage clearly shows he was in the wrong,’ Ms Inoue said. 

Ms Fukuyama spent five nights in hospital, suffering from a fractured eye socket and head injuries

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

The horror crash between the scooter riders was captured on CCTV

‘She still has concussion and cannot 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 file a police report. 

‘She doesn’t have local license and under Indonesian law, people who drive and have an accident without licence cannot make a police report,’ 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 hospital in extreme pain and without any memory? It’s the least he could,’ she said.

Her friend Ms Inoue, who lives in Bali full-time, has turned sleuth to try to work out the man’s identity, hunting down CCTV and speaking to restaurant and bar owners in the area (pictured: the man outside a restaurant, wearing a dark top)

Neither Ms Fukuyama or the Australian rider were wearing helmets. 

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

‘Please take this incident as a scary example of what would happen if you don’t wear the helmet, and please always wear the helmet no matter how short you drive,’ she said. 

‘Make your emergency contact list and have insurance info just in case.’