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Sometimes it can be hard to know how to react to a news item. Take this one, from the Illawarra Mercury. If you’ve ever had a bike stolen from you, you will know how infuriating that can be. Here’s a bloke who didn’t get away with it…&lt;br /&gt;
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A Nowra man who was impaled by a garden stake in a motorcycle accident is believed to have been robbed and assaulted while suffering his life-threatening injuries.&lt;br /&gt;
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The 39-year-old allegedly stole a bike and was riding it along Adelaide St, Greenwell Point, when he lost control and slid into a garden bed at 1.45pm yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;
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A timber metre-long garden stake was driven through his right armpit and out his back. A puncture wound was also found on his leg.&lt;br /&gt;
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NSW Ambulance officers said they responded to reports of a man who had a garden stake in his torso and required surgical intervention.&lt;br /&gt;
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Paramedics arrived to find the man conscious and the stake already pulled from his body.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nowra police confirmed there was no motorcycle at the scene when authorities arrived.&lt;br /&gt;
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A source said the owner of the bike had caught up with the rider, pulled out the stake and punched him on the nose before taking his wallet and reclaiming the motorcycle.&lt;br /&gt;
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The injured man was airlifted to St George Hospital suffering internal injuries and a suspected broken nose.&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s the broken nose that really gets me…&lt;br /&gt;
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Peter “The Bear” Thoeming &lt;img alt="" height="26" width="30" src="../images/Bear.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px;" /&gt;

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