Unconfirmed reports suggest the crash took place on a motorway where bikes are banned (Picture: AFP/Getty)
A British cyclist is in ‘critical condition’ after a car crashed into the back of their bike on the Spanish island of Majorca.
The unnamed 56-year-old is believed to have been on holiday there when the vehicle hit them from behind, sending them flying through the air on Saturday.
An ambulance rushed them to a hospital in Palma, the Mediterranean island’s capital, where the cyclist was treated for severe head, chest and pelvic injuries.
Their description has been described as ‘critical’.
Reports suggest the cyclist was trying to cross a motorway near a turn-off to the Cala Major family resort, which overlooks the Bay of Palma’s clear blue waters.
Cyclists are banned on Spain’s motorways.
They also claim the car driver was travelling towards Andratx, a town and luxury resort near the western tip of Majorca.
However, this has not been confirmed and police could not be reached for comment early this morning.
Millions of visitors descend on Majorca, one the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, each year.
The Son Espases Hospital in Majorca’s capital Palma (Picture: AFP/Getty)
It’s particularly popular among both amateur and professional cyclists, many drawn by the winding roads of the Tramantura mountains.
With mild winters and sunny skies, coupled with the 90kms of relative isolation, it has become a popular spot with cyclists trying to prove themselves.
But the roads in this part of Majorca, famed for its olives, have seen injury and tragedy among British tourists before.
A lorry hit and killed Graeme McGilvray, a Glaswegian 49-year-old, died on Majorca in March 2016.
Last September, another Brit, aged 45, was seriously injured after being hit by a lorry on the island.
That Briton fell more than 30ft down an embankment at the roadside after he was run over.
It left him with ‘very serious’ injuries to his head, chest and stomach, emergency crews said.
That happened near Caimiri, a small town of stone houses at the foot of the Tramuntana moluntains
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