UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Cutout of tennis star left on German road

|
 
Boris Becker in 1987. (UPI Photo/Tim Clary/Files)
Boris Becker in 1987. (UPI Photo/Tim Clary/Files) 
License photo
Published: Sept. 17, 2012 at 2:14 PM

JIEL, Germany, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Police in Germany said they were trying to determine who nearly caused a crash by leaving a cardboard cutout of tennis star Boris Becker in a road.

Bernd Triphahn, a police spokesman, said the cutout, which was missing a leg, was reported about midnight Tuesday on the B76 road between Jiel and Plon, and at least one car was seen swerving to avoid it, The Local.de reported Monday.

"He wouldn't have won Wimbledon like that," Triphahn said of the crippled cutout of the now 44-year-old tennis player. "Someone must have had it in their cellar for ages."

Triphahn said the cutout would have appeared to be a person by motorists driving on the 62 mph road.

The spokesman said fingerprints were taken from the cutout and investigators were working to find a suspect to charge with dangerously interfering with traffic.

Topics: Boris Becker
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 14
Obama in Berlin
View Caption
A child is seen playing at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the eve of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Berlin on June 18, 2013. Obama is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and will later speak at the Brandenburg Gate where fifty years earlier, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a Berliner)" address . UPI/David Silpa
fark
Police say a 911 call reporting a hostage situation and shooting that resulted in SWAT team mobilization...
British report recommends bankers go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200 (million)...
"My wife found out I knocked up an alien cat woman and was very unhappy. That caused a few problems,...
Oh, no, not this shiat again
Man upset that the mother of his child refused to let him see his kid decides to randomly shoot...
From the Powerball FAQ: "Swinging a live chicken above your head while wishing for the future numbers...