E-scooter rider loses an EYE after being hit by a flying potato in Perth
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E-scooter rider loses an EYE after being hit by a flying potato in Perth

Daily Mail  

It's alleged the pair drove past the victim in a car and fired a potato gun at him Mirrabooka police charged two Ballajura men, 19 and 20, over the bizarre attack The alleged victim, 28, had to have his eye surgically removed due to his injury A man was hit in the eye by a flying potato while he road a rental scooter in Perth A scooter rider has had his eye surgically removed after it was hit by a flying potato, with two men now charged over the strange attack. When the pair neared Mettams Pool, a group of men in a passing vehicle allegedly fired potatoes at them using a potato gun. A man, 28, had his eye surgically removed after he was hit by a flying potato along West Coast Drive in Perth One of the men suffered facial injuries and a fractured arm after he was hit. The victim was riding a rental scooter with a friend when a group of men in a passing vehicle allegedly fired a potato gun towards him Police used CCTV footage, mobile phone data and number plates to hunt down the two young men allegedly responsible.

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