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Dan Walker: TV presenter injured in bicycle crash

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Dan Walker said his face was "a mess" after the collision

TV presenter Dan Walker has said he is "glad to be alive" after he was in a collision with a car while cycling.

The former BBC Breakfast host, who now works for Channel 5, shared photographs of his bloodied face on social media, taken from inside an ambulance.

Mr Walker, 45, who lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, said: "Bit of an accident this morning. Glad to be alive after getting hit by a car on my bike.

"Face is a mess but I don't think anything is broken."

The photos were taken in a Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) vehicle alongside two members of staff, after the incident on Moore Street in Sheffield city centre on Monday morning.

Mr Walker praised the emergency services, saying: "Thanks to Shaun and Jamie for sorting me out and the lovely copper at the scene. This is my [sic] smiling. Thankful for our NHS".

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Mr Walker also previously presented the BBC's Saturday morning sports show, Football Focus, and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, finishing fifth with partner Nadiya Bychkova.

He announced he was leaving the BBC for Channel 5 in April last year.

Among the well-wishers on Twitter were Football Focus reporter Mark Clemmit, who said: "Mate…..Much love from us."

Former professional boxer Tony Bellew added: "Get well soon Dan," and Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse wrote: "Oh wow!!! Get well soon."

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Mr Walker said he was home with no broken bones

Mr Walker later tweeted an update, saying he was home with no broken bones.

"Blown away by all the lovely messages. Thank you," he said.

"Just got home from hospital. Battered and bruised but - amazingly - nothing broken.

"Very thankful to still be here. I have no memory of anything and just remember coming round on the tarmac with paramedics & police around me."

The incident came as Yorkshire Ambulance services were disrupted by strike action.

Nearly 1,400 YAS workers who are members of the GMB union walked out at 18:00 GMT on Sunday, with the service saying it would have fewer ambulances available to respond to patients.

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