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POLICE inquiries are continuing after a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after coming off his bicycle in Inverness.

The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in General Booth Road.

Sergeant Alasdair Mackay, of Police Scotland's road policing unit based at Dingwall, said officers were made aware of a man found seriously injured having appeared to have come off a bike at about 5pm.

"A 35-year-old man was taken to Raigmore Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries," he said.

"The road was closed for a few hours to allow for investigations to take place and reopened around 8.30pm.

"Enquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding the man becoming injured are ongoing."

Anyone with information, or who may have been on General Booth Road around the time of the incident and saw anything, is asked to contact police on 101 quoting incident number 2759 of November 7.

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