Police are investigating after a young cyclist was hit by a car in Weymouth.

A witness has described seeing a boy doing a stunt at the side of Lynch Road seconds before the crash happened.

The witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she was driving along Chickerell Road towards the Co-op opposite Budmouth Academy when she saw the crash happen at about 3pm on Tuesday, August 4.

She said: “Approaching the junction at Alf’s fish and chip shop was a gathering of about eight children in the grounds of the chip shop. One of them, a boy aged about 13 or 14, was on a bike and was on the crossing.

“He was looking at the traffic and turned to his friends and laughed. They were all laughing. He then deliberately pulled his bike up into a wheelie.”

She said this was when the crash happened in the road.

“A loud bang was heard and bits of debris were flying,” she added. “I honestly thought the boy would not have survived such a hit but luckily he got up laughing.

“He proceeds to his friends laughing some more at his broken bike and was going to all walk away.

“The car that bike had hit was pulled over just past the shop and I pulled up behind it to find an elderly gentleman and his wife in shock. They were ok, not physically hurt.”

The witness said she told the group to come back but was verbally abused the youths, despite her telling them she would call police.

“I said, ‘would you still be laughing if he was dead?’ They told me not to be stupid.

“Anyway police were called, the children all left but wouldn’t give any names.”

She added that the elderly driver told her he had only had the car for two weeks before the collision and that he now had to deal with damage worth more than £1,000. She added that one of his wing mirrors was smashed and there was a ‘huge dent and scrape’ in the passenger door.

A Dorset Police spokesperson said officers were called at 3.28pm on Tuesday, August 4 to a crash involving a blue Ford Fiesta and a cyclist on Lynch Road in Weymouth.

They added: “No one was injured during the incident.

“Officers are making enquiries to establish the full circumstances surrounding the collision. No arrests have been made.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55200115166. Alternatively, to stay 100 per cent anonymous, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or call freephone 0800 555 111.