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BBC's Hazel Irvine breaks news of serious crash at Commonwealth Games as cyclists and fan injured

A concerned looking Hazel Irvine broke news of a serious crash in Commonwealth Games cycling as she interrupted the BBC's live coverage to make the announcement.

Long-serving host Hazel was rounding up the other sports news of the day before gearing up to cross live to the women's gymnastics when she paused to deliver the news reaching her from the velodrome. She told viewers at home: "In the last few minutes we've received word at the velodrome in London about a significant crash there in the men's scratch race."

BBC presenter Hazel continued: "We understand that in heat two, Matt Walls, who is England and Team GB's Olympic champion has been involved in a crash, in fact he has gone over the barriers, we understand.

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