A CYCLIST has been told he is lucky to be alive after colliding with a car in North Oxford.
The cyclist and the neurologist, whose car he hit, are both warning other cyclists in Oxford their lives could depend on wearing a helmet.
Oliver Adams was involved in a collision with a car at the junction of Banbury Road and Belbroughton Road on Thursday, March 15. The force threw him and his bike into the air and he hit, head first, a second car. By coincidence it belonged to Dr Sandeep Jayawant, a local neurologist.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "Mr Adams left a huge dent in Dr Jayawant's Mercedes-Benz and doctors and police have told him that if he had not been wearing a helmet he would certainly be dead.
"A week on he is still suffering from severe concussion and he wants this message to get across to other cyclists, especially the young. "
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