Uber minicab 'ran over cyclist'

An Uber minicab driver allegedly struck a cyclist and knocked him off his bike.

The incident was said to have taken place in Walworth Road, Camberwell, at around 8pm on Saturday as a couple travelled in the back of the car

Miraculously the cyclist escaped with minor injuries, but images show his bicycle left in a crushed heap underneath the vehicle.

Social media manager Heena Randhawa was travelling in the taxi with her husband, booked using the Uber minicab smartphone app from their home in Herne Hill, south London, to Liverpool Street, east London.

She said the driver sounded his horn at a cyclist who was riding in the middle of the road.

The 28-year-old said: “The cyclist did come up to the car and said ‘What are you doing?’ He drove away to the side of the road.

"We felt it [the car] go over the bike."

The driver stopped at the scene.

London Ambulance Service attended and treated the cyclist, but he did not require hospital treatment.