Cyclist hits windscreen in car smash

A CYCLIST was treated in hospital for minor injuries after his bike collided with a car.

The crash occurred at the junction of Grange Loan and Blackford Avenue, in the south of the city, at around 1.55pm yesterday.

It smashed the windscreen of a Fiat Panda and left the cyclist, a young man, sprawled in the middle of the road.

The incident came as cyclists in Edinburgh prepared to cycle to Holyrood today and protest for new laws to improve road safety.

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