A CYCLIST hit a driver with his helmet after a road rage incident near Wallingford.

Thames Valley Police said at about 7pm on Tuesday the driver of a vehicle and a cyclist had an argument on the A329 Reading Road, Moulsford between Moulsford Prepartory School and Cranford House.

Police said the 23-year-old driver was forced to break hard when a cyclist pulled out in front of the car.

An altercation followed that resulted in the cyclist hitting the victim in the face with his cycle helmet.

Officers added the bicycle was damage when the vehicle drove over the bike.

The cyclist is a white man in his early 40s, of medium build and about 5ft 9ins, with light coloured medium length hair.

He was wearing an orange cycling vest with a white band around it, orange cycling shorts and red cycling shoes. The bike was black with yellow writing on the frame.

The driver sustained a small cut and swelling to his lip but did not require hospital treatment.