A CYCLIST was hit by a concrete mixer at a busy roundabout off the North Circular during rush hour. 

A man was hit by a concrete mixer lorry while cycling at the junction between Forest Road, in Walthamstow, and the Waterworks Corner roundabout leading to Woodford, off the A406.

Police were notified by the London Ambulance Service, which attended first, and the whole area was closed off. 

The man was taken to an east London hospital with head and facial injuries, which were later said to be non-life threatening. 

Police lifted road closures at around 8pm.