Cyclist found with head injuries on Dartmoor

Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was found with serious head injuries on Dartmoor on Wednesday 26 August.

The 68-year-old cyclist was found at 4.50pm lying unconscious on the B3212 between Postbridge and Moretonhampstead.

He had sustained a serious head injury, considered life-changing, and was airlifted to Derriford Hospital by air ambulance. He remains in hospital in a serious condition.

The man, from Essex, appears to have been cycling alone between Postbridge and Moretonhampstead.

The road was closed for three-and-a-half hours for collision investigators to examine the scene and police are now trying to establish how he became injured.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to the incident and they are also keen to hear from anyone who may have seen him cycling in the area at the time.

The man is described as white, and was wearing an orange coat, black cycling shorts and a red and white cycle helmet. He was riding a white Dawes road bike.

Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to contact police on 101 or by email on 101@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk quoting log number 635 of 26/08/15.

Release date:27/Aug/2015 12:00