A cyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a collision with a lorry.

The accident happened outside Mick's Cafe in Botley Road near Oxford Railway Station at 12.20pm on April 5.

The woman's bicycle was in collision with a Palfinger low-loader lorry, transporting a crane.

Michael Harris, owner of Mick's cafe, said: "Her bike was right under the lorry. It's hard to tell how seriously injured she was -- she was wiggling her feet. I didn't actually see what happened, I just noticed the flashing lights when the paramedics arrived."

A spokesman for Oxford police said the cyclist, aged in her 30s, and the lorry were both travelling towards the city centre when the lorry attempted to turn left into Roger Dudman Way and the collision happened.

The cyclist was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, with serious injuries.

Spokesman for the ambulance service Helen Robinson declined to comment.

In May 2000 Rachel Barker died after her bicycle was in collision with a tipper truck near the junction of Cripley Road and Botley Road.

Ms Barker, 30, a customer services assistant, of Montagu Road, Botley, was cycling to work when the accident happened.

Her death prompted Oxfordshire coroner Nicholas Gardiner to warn motorists about the danger of blind spots.

On March 22, a cyclist was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital after being sightly injured in a collision with a bus in Frideswide Square, outside the railway station.

The Oxford woman, who was in her 30s, was treated at the scene for bruises and grazing.

In March, the Oxford Mail reported how Sarah Broadway, 25, had completed Reading half-marathon in 2hrs 44mins despite suffering terrible injuries after she was crushed by a 10-tonne lorry in the centre of Oxford. Ms Broadway, of Abingdon Road, Oxford, spent two months in hospital and endured 50 hours of surgery, after she was knocked down by a lorry while cycling in St Aldate's on January 29 last year.