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PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. A 51-year-old bicyclistremains inintensive care at VCU Medical Center after he was targeted in what a witness called a knockout game-style attack.

The man was riding his bicycle on River Road near the Prince George County-Hopewell line at about 7:30 Sunday morning when a car came up from behind and slowed down, the bicyclists friend said.

Area where the Prince George County bike attack took place. (PHOTO: Wayne Covil)

The friend, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, said someone in the car reached out and hit the bicyclist in the back with either his hand or an object. The bicyclisthad time to yell for help before he veered off the road and collapsed.

The bicyclist had suffered a massive heart attack.

Doctors told the bicyclists father-in-law the strike to the back put pressure on his heart which caused it to stop beating.

Fortunately for the bicyclist, a nurse drove by moments after the attack.

Shes checking for a pulse, the friend who witnessed the incident said. She says he has no pulse, lets roll him over. We roll him over and she starts chest compressions.

Prince George County Police are investigating the assault.

They evidently had to slow down enough to pull up along side him and hit him, the witness friend said about the seemingly random attack.

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Knockout game-style attack lands bicyclist in intensive care