Dash cam of moment cyclist nearly crushed on Melbourne road

People have been divided over shock footage showing a cyclist narrowly avoiding serious injury on a busy Melbourne street.

Shocking dash cam footage has captured the moment a cyclist was nearly crushed by a truck.

Video of the incident in Melbourne’s Docklands was shared to social media on Monday, showing a large truck turn in front of a cyclist before appearing to run over the man’s leg.

The footage goes on to show the drive who caught the incident on camera pursue the truck to a nearby traffic light, beeping their horn to get the truckie’s attention, before it drives away.

The truck begins to turn. Picture: Dash Cam Owners Australia

The cyclist decided to stop. Picture: Dash Cam Owners Australia

In the video, the cyclist appears to be riding in a bike lane at the corner of Montague St and Lorimer St and moves to continue straight.

He is forced to stop and get off the bike when a large truck overtakes him before turning left into a slip lane.

The cyclist attempts to move to the side of the road but does not have much time before it appears the rear trailer wheels collide with his leg.

The cyclists pulled to the side of the lane. Picture: Dash Cam Owners Australia

He appeared to be clipped by the trailer wheels. Picture: Dash Cam Owners Australia

Commenters online spoke about seeing other dangerous incidents at this intersection, with one saying they’d nearly been run over there themselves.

Some were divided over who was in the wrong, wondering if the truck driver noticed the cyclists.

“Truckie probably had no idea it even happened,” one wrote.

Others questioned why the cyclist pulled up where he did in the slip lane: “Couldn’t have picked a worse place to pull up if he tried”.

But many leapt to the cyclist’s defence saying he had the right of way and appeared to have already been ahead of the truck before it turned.

“From looking at that footage that truck was going to squash him if he kept on going too,” one wrote on Reddit.

“The driver is completely oblivious.”

Victoria Police confirmed the cyclist, a 58-year-old Port Melbourne man, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The truck driver, 75, from Clyde North, was spoken to by police and investigations continue.

The driver who captured the dash cam footage said they had provided a statement to police.

Originally published as Dash cam of moment cyclist nearly crushed on Melbourne road