A Japanese man continued to drive his motorcycle for over a mile after losing his right leg below the knee when he hit the central reservation on a motorway in Hamamatsu, south-west of Tokyo.
Kazuo Osada, 54, described as a company worker, crashed when he failed to negotiate a bend, and was unaware his right leg had been severed below the knee apparently because his attention was focused on the strong pain he felt from the crash, police said.
Mr Osada noticed the loss of his lower leg when he arrived at a junction 2km from the scene of the accident. Another motorcyclist travelling with him returned to pick up the severed limb.
The accident occurred yesterday while Mr Osada was on a motorcycle trip with 10 other riders, the Mainichi newspaper reported. He was rushed to hospital but there was no news as to whether doctors were able to reattach his leg.
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