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Witness appeal as cyclist found on Dartmoor with "life-changing" injuries

Police are trying to establish how 68-year-old from Essex sustained serious head injuries

A witness appeal has been launched after a cyclist was found on Dartmoor earlier this week with what police describe as “life-changing” head injuries.

The 68-year-old man, from Essex, was discovered at 4.50pm lying unconscious on the B3212 road between Postbridge and Moretonhampstead, say Devon & Cornwall Police.

The cyclist was taken by helicopter to Derriford Hospital where he remains in a serious condition.

Officers are tring to discover how the man, who is believed to have been riding alone, came to be injured and have asked anyone who saw him cycling in the area to get in touch.

He was wearing an orange jacket, black cycling shorts and a red and white helmet and was riding a white Dawes road bike.

Anyone who has information is requested to call police on 101 or by email on 101 [at] devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk quoting log number 635 of 26/08/15.

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mrchrispy | 9 years ago
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ICE contacts on my phone and fly6 in case my downfall is tinbox muppet related. Hope he gets better and they figure out what happened.

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Dr_Lex replied to mrchrispy | 9 years ago
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mrchrispy wrote:

ICE contacts on my phone and fly6 in case my downfall is tinbox muppet related. Hope he gets better and they figure out what happened.

Great if you have reception, but it's pretty patchy round there & on the Moors.
Echo the sentiments on his condition and the cause.

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barbarus | 9 years ago
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Very remote road, even in summer visibility is often really poor. Thoughts are with his family.

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jollygoodvelo | 9 years ago
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A victim of the Hairy Hands? http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/11/the-hairy-hands-horror/

Seriously - hope he's OK. That's a wild place to have an accident on your own, stuff like the ICEdot tech starts to really have a use...

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