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At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Friday, October 30, Halifax Regional Police responded to a vehicle/bicycle collision in the area of Oxford Street at Coburg Road in Halifax. A 19-year-old male cyclist was travelling southbound on Oxford St. approaching Coburg Rd. and attempted a left turn from Oxford St. into a driveway in front of an SUV, operated by a 47-year-old man, that was travelling northbound on Oxford St. The cyclist was sent to hospital with what are believed to be life threatening injuries. Members of the Halifax Regional Police Collision Investigation Unit and Forensic Identification Section are conducting an investigation into this matter. Oxford St. had been closed to vehicular traffic between Coburg Rd and Jennings St for approximately 3 hours but was reopened around 12:30 a.m. on October 31.