Police are appealing for information after a young cyclist was knocked from his bike while in a Lancaster car park.

The 12-year-old boy had been on his bike in the PC World car park, off Caton Road, Lancaster, at around 8.30am on Monday 26th April when a vehicle reversed into him.

The driver failed to stop and the youngster was taken to hospital suffering from facial injuries.

“There would have been a queue of traffic on Back Caton Road at the time and apparently a motorist stopped to help,” says PC Craig Irvine from the road policing unit. “I would appeal to anyone who information about this incident to get in touch.”

• Contact police on 01524 63333, quoting log LC-20100426-0327.