A MAN has died after falling from his pedal bike in Clitheroe.

It is being reported that the cyclist, believed to be in his sixties, was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment, but later died.

Police say the accident happened at around 6.45pm on Friday night on Whalley Road.

“We were called following reports a cyclist had fallen from his bike and collapsed on the roadside,” said a spokesman.

"The man, in his 60s, was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment, but was sadly later pronounced dead.“

"There were no other vehicles involved in the incident and the death is not being treated as suspicious.”