A MAN knocked down in St Aldate’s in Oxford as he fixed a broken down bus was yesterday thought to not to have suffered any serious injury.

Police were called shortly after 6.15pm on Wednesday to reports of a broken down Stagecoach bus in St Aldate’s which was causing some traffic difficulties.

A Stagecoach engineer was called out but while he was working on the vehicle, he was injured in a collision with a cyclist at about 6.40pm.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing the mechanic lying in the road, holding his head. Three ambulances were also called to the scene.

Stagecoach spokesman Chris Child said the engineer was taken into hospital as a precautionary measure but was not believed to have been injured seriously.

The company said it was investigating.

No-one has been arrested and police are not appealing for witnesses.