POLICE confirm that a man has been hospitalised after a purported attack in Oxford.

An eyewitness said the incident happened at the junction of Dashwood Road and Spencer Crescent at about 10.30am on Tuesday (August 27).

They reported that a man was attacked by two men in a black car, leading to multiple police vehicles being spotted in the area.

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Police have since confirmed a man was taken to hospital.

A spokesperson for the force said: “Officers were called to Spencer Crescent to reports of a disturbance in which a man is reported to have been assaulted and possibly hit with a car.

“The victim a man in his forties was taken to hospital as a precaution. He is no longer in hospital. “Officers are investigating the incident.”