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Beaten cyclist ‘ran red light’

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A CYCLIST was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after being beaten to the ground for jumping a red light.

Witnesses said the man was attacked by a motorcycli­st who left the scene as his bleeding victim suffered a seizure.

The cyclist was flown to a London hospital by helicopter after the incident in Rochester, Kent, yesterday morning.

Police sealed off the pavement outside a pub close to the 103-year-old Rochester Bridge in the historic town centre.

One witness, who did not wish to be named, said a cyclist jumped a red light before a motorcycli­st got off his bike and started hitting him.

The man fell to the ground and had what appeared to be a seizure.

Witnesses said a member of the public put the victim into the recovery position while the motorcycli­st drove off.

The attack happened outside The Crown pub – a few hundred yards from Rochester Cathedral. The pub tweeted: ‘Open as usual! Incident outside is nothing to do with pub.’

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