A pensioner has been left with potentially life-threatening injuries after being involved in a collision with a bus while out cycling.

Police are now appealing for information about the incident, which took place in Truro yesterday morning.

Officers were called to the A390 at Highertown at around 9.50am on Tuesday (August 24).

A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "The incident involved a blue-coloured, single-decker bus and a man riding a dark blue pedal cycle.

"As a result of the collision, the male cyclist, aged in his 70s, sustained potentially life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital."

A detailed investigation at the scene was carried out in the hours afterwards, by specialist police examiners.

Officers from the Roads Policing Team are now appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward.

Anyone who can help is asked to call 101, or email 101@dc.police.uk, quoting log number 245 of August 24, 2021.