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Jeremy Vine rushed to hospital after bike accident knocks him unconscious

Jeremy Vine, 56, was rushed to hospital following a scary bike accident over the weekend.

The Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 star fell off his penny farthing bicycle and was knocked unconscious.

He is now recovering from a black eye and reconsidering using the vintage bikes after the horrifying ordeal that left him with a pair of shattered glasses.

Opening up on the incident on the Jeremy Vine Show today, he said:"I didn't see the divot, my front wheel went into it and I went over the handlebars and landed on my head."

A snap of Jeremy's purple eye was also unveiled during the episode of the Channel 5 debate show.

Jeremy previously admitted that riding a penny farthing can be tough to control.

"The one thing is, there aren’t really any brakes so you need to step off it to stop. You need to go very slowly and predict lights and stuff, you’ve got to work out when lights are changing and be prepared to dismount.

"I go about five miles an hour, I go very slowly, and it’s amazing," he told Chiswick Calendar.

He added: "Mounting and dismounting is the key thing. Once you’re on it, it’s like riding a normal bike as long as you don’t look down. Mounting and dismount involves basically pushing it, letting it have its own momentum and then climbing up the back.

"There’s two very small steps on the back of it and so you climb onto the saddle as it’s rolling forward. You can’t mount it pushing uphill for example as it needs that bit of momentum."

Last year, Jeremy caused uproar on social media when he posted a video of a group of cyclists riding four abreast.

Users were so incensed by the clip that Surrey Police became involved.

The broadcaster was a passenger in a car when he filmed the cyclists taking up some of the road.

Jeremy, who is a keen cyclist himself, can be heard in the clip saying: "Sunday morning in the country. Absolutely no problem with this at all. This is exactly how cyclists should ride. They’re calming the traffic behind them."

Alongside the video on Twitter, he wrote: "People who cycle in the country should be encouraged to ride 2, 3 and 4 abreast like this.

He's been left with a black eye (@JeremyVineOn5/Twitter)

"For the following reasons: 1. It calms the traffic behind them 2. It makes it less easy for bad drivers to attempt dangerous passes 3. It is more pleasant and sociable for them."

At the time, Twitter users were quick to jump on the video with over 6,000 people commenting - some accused the cyclists of "self-entitlement" and "blocking the road".

The outbursts led to a response by Surrey Police. The force tweeted: "No driver should need to get angry in those circumstances. Anyone can pass very easily and safely.

"Drivers and riders have to take each section of road as they find it and adjust accordingly; being safe and courteous."

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