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Kirsten McStay

Joan Collins involved in frightening 'crash' after being hit by masked cyclist on pavement

Dame Joan Collins was almost knocked over by a masked cyclist while she was walking on the pavement.

The 89-year-old actress took to her Instagram earlier to speak about the incident which happened in London.

She said the cyclist crashed into her while she was on her way to dinner.

Joan posed with friends Christopher Biggins, 74, and producer Judy Craymer, 65, inside Rules Restaurant alongside her husband Percy Gibson, 58.

She captioned the post: "Getting out of a black cab on the way to [Rules Restaurant], we discovered [Maiden Lane] was closed to all traffic.

"However, that didn't stop a masked cyclist with no lights and weaving on the pavement from crashing into me, almost knocking me over."

Dame Joan Collins took to social media to share a photo of herself and some pals (Joan Collins/Instagram)

She added: "How much longer must we live with closed roads and cyclists who consider themselves above the law?"

Still angry, she even tagged the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan in her post and asked: "Why don't you do something @mayorofldn @sadiq before this beautiful city of #london is ruined?"

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London told The Mirror: "The Mayor is committed to making London as safe as possible for both cyclists and pedestrians."

The spokesperson continued: "Walking and cycling have boomed in the last couple of years and the Mayor has built hundreds of kilometres of new or upgraded cycle routes since the pandemic, and completed work to make some of the capital’s most dangerous and intimidating junctions safer.

"The Mayor encourages everyone using London’s roads to do so safely to help make London the best city in the world to walk and cycle."

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