A CYCLIST was racially assaulted near Solstice Park and witnesses have been asked to come forward.

Sometime between 8.55pm and 9.05pm on Tuesday, July 9, a car slowed down beside a cyclist near the double mini roundabout on Boscombe Road, Amesbury.

Items were thrown at the cyclist and racist insults shouted at them.

A cyclist was assaulted at a double roundabout on Boscombe Road.A cyclist was assaulted at a double roundabout on Boscombe Road. (Image: Google Maps)

Wiltshire Police is investigating the allegations and has asked anyone with information to call 101 quoting crime reference 54240080602.

Alternatively, report information online at wiltshire.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime.