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Edmonton cyclist hospitalized after robbery [Video]

Edmonton police are looking for any witnesses or video footage of a robbery that put a man in the hospital last month.

On Sept. 20, officers from the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) went to the scene of an alleged robbery at 63 Avenue and Gateway Boulevard at 1:30 p.m.

Police said in a Thursday media release a 59-year-old man was riding a bike heading eastbound on 63 Avenue under the train bridge east of Gateway Boulevard.

Another man on foot reportedly pushed the cyclist into the road, where he stole the victim’s bike and fled the scene heading west.

Bystanders stopped to help the injured man and called 9-1-1. Paramedics took the victim to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said they were told on Oct. 8 that the man’s injuries were “more serious than originally …

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