The shocking moment a cyclist knocks over an elderly man
A cyclist weaving through peak-hour traffic smashed into an elderly man as he attempted to cross the road.
The shocking collision, captured on a dashcam, shows the moment an elderly man dashed across Racecourse Road in Flemington, Melbourne, on Saturday.
The footage was shared on 3AW and shows the cyclist attempting to skip traffic before the heart-stopping incident.
The elderly man was waiting on one side of the road when he was given a signal by a driver in a stationary car to cross the road.
Unaware of the incoming cyclist, the man hurried across the road as the cyclist collided with him.
Although the man did not use a pedestrian crossing, it was the cyclist’s responsibility to give way to him.
“You must also give way to pedestrians even if there is no marked pedestrian crossing if there is any danger of colliding with them”, according to Transport road and maritime services.
The elderly man was left with cuts and grazes and the cyclist’s condition is unknown.
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