Cyclist suffers fractured skull in accident with car in Dunfermline

A cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a car on Monday night.

The 25-year-old suffered a fractured skull and a broken leg and collar bone in the accident on the outskirts of Dunfermline.

Eyewitnesses at the scene on Halbeath Road reported seeing the man, who was not wearing a helmet, flying through the air and landing on his head after a collision with a silver Ford Focus close to the junction with Linburn Road shortly after 9.30pm.

As other motorists comforted the driver of the Ford, the cyclist was taken by ambulance to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy with what police described as serious but not life threatening injuries.

A witness told The Courier: ”The man on the bike was going at quite a speed. He came off the pavement and was hit by the car. He flew really quite high into the air and came down with a thump on his head.”