A bicycle ride landed a metro man in the emergency room when he rolled into the work of a prankster.

Doug Fusselman says there are very few things that can keep him from biking along the trail he rides but he ran into one of them last week.

He says, "I've tried not to think about it -- going to the doctor, trying to get off the pain meds, trying to get my life back in order."

Fusselman says he has biked 45,000 miles in 10 years but the incident along the West Papio Trail brought his biking hobby to a halt.

He says, "I remember seeing this little glimmer of tape to the side -- a couple of wobbles to correct -- and then I don't know if I dropped off the path or what. The next thing I know, I'm laying in the dirt."

Fusselman was moving quickly up the trail. He didn't know what hit him when he ran into a piece of plastic wrap that had been strung from one end of the trail to the other.

The plastic tape stopped Fusselman and his ride in an instant.

Doug's wife, Pam Fusselman, says in 33-years of marriage she's never been scared like this.

She says, "It was kind of scary to get that call when he told me couldn't finish and couldn't tell me where he was because he had crashed and he was hurt."

Gary Busboom was among the first on-scene and by phone guided her to the location.

Doug was on the side of the bridge with a broken collar bone, a concussion, broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Busboom says the accident changed the way he bikes.

"It makes me feel like watching the trail carefully," he said. "Especially if I'm going fast."

Doug Fussleman won't let this stop him. He says he can't wait to get biking again.

"Hanging around is just hard," he said. "I'm ready to ride just as soon as I am able to do it."

Fusselman believes the people who did this may have been watching him.

Pam Fusselman says she is on a mission both to alert other bikers of this potential danger as well as to try to find those who may be responsible for this crime.