A man who was injured after being deliberately pushed off his bike on Greendale cycle path is warning others, saying he ‘could have been killed’.
Andrew Mayers, a 59-year-old carer based in Dulwich, was cycling along the route through Denmark Hill and Dulwich shortly after 11pm on Thursday, June 10, when he heard a moped engine accelerate behind him and soon felt a hand on his back shove him into the side of the road.
The moped had come up behind him without its lights.
He fell off his bike into the undergrowth at the side of the path, and the moped sped off.
“When I staggered to my feet I was covered in blood from a million cuts, but amazingly no broken bones,” he told the News.
“My front wheel was mangled Into oblivion. I was extremely fortunate not to break my neck.”
He has reported the incident to police, but contacted this newspaper to make others aware in case it is not just an isolated incident.
“This was a deliberate, planned attack,” he explained. “It is a very busy route for cyclists – and they should all know about this new danger.”
Police confirmed they had been contacted on Friday, June 11 and arranged to visit Andrew the same day. No one has been arrested so far.