Fishing line strung across Langford roadways

Police on Vancouver Island this weekend removed over 100 feet of fishing line that had been strung across roads in Langford, B.C., that posed a risk to road usersand cyclists in particular.

One woman calledRCMP Sunday morning after shedroveher vehicle through a section of line that had been strung across Hull Road at Jenkins Avenue.

West Shore RCMPCpl. KathyRochlitzsaid that while officers werein the area to take a look, a second person came up and said that morefishing line had also been strung up just down theroad this time nearnear the roundabout on Glen Lake Road at Alouette Drive.

"It is fortunate that no one was injured by this act as the fishline was strung at the height that would impact a person riding a bike," Rochlitzsaid, in a written statement.

The Victoria Police Department is also investigating a similar incidentfrom just over a week ago, involving fishing line and abike route.

On June 21, a caller phoned police to report that she has encountered fishing line strung across the 1200 block of Kings Road that evening.

"Concerned that passing cyclists would not be able to see the fishing line and be endangered, she removed it," a statement fromVictoria police said.

Police said that almost a year ago, a cyclist was injured four blocks from that spot at Prior Street and Kings Roadafter riding into black electrical tape that had been tied across the street.

"It is unclear if these two incidents are related but that will form part of the investigation," the Victoria Police Department said. "In the meantime, members of the public are encouraged to cycle with proper helmets and lights and to use increased diligence while riding in the Kings Road area."

String of dangerous incidents

Last summer, just to the north in Saanich, B.C., a mountain biker was injured after he rode into a steel cable strung strung between two trees in GowllandTod Park.

In that incident, police determined that the wire had been in the woods for decades, but officers weren't sure who pulled it across the path, or why.

• MORE | Wire snags Saanich mountain biker by the throat

Other parts of Canada have seen very similar dangerous situations in the past few years, with near-dire consequences in some cases.

In one incident in 2010, an Edmonton woman suffered cuts to her face and neck after she rode her bicycle into a fishing line strung across a bike path in Rundle Park.

Then, in 2012, an ATV rider said he was almost decapitated after driving into barbed wire strung across a disputed path outside Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

And in April 2013, police in Thunder Bay arrested a 22-year-old man who admitted he strung fishing line between trees across a multi-use pathway at Boulevard Lake Park, and said he intended it as a prank.

No one was injured, but police said five lines were found, each of which that could have been seriously injured or killed someone.

• EDMONTON |Cyclist cut by fishing line on Edmonton trail
• NOVA SCOTIA |ATV run-in with barbed wire leads to charges
• THUNDER BAY |Police arrest 'remorseful' fishing line prankster

Both the West Shore RCMP and the Victoria Police Departmentare asking anyone who knows anything about the recent incidents on Vancouver Island, or who knows of other, unreported, incidents to contact police.

Google Maps: Victoria area line, wire and tape incidents