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Covered in mud and dressed in cycling gear, a man in his 60s wandered into a Lethbridge hospital early Tuesday morning with no idea who he is.

After issuing a plea for help to identify the man, Lethbridge police said family members quickly responded and have since reunited with the patient, who is believed to be suffering from amnesia after falling off his bike in the southern Alberta city’s river valley.

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“Multiple family members came forward to identify him,” said Sgt. Kerry Cherpin, adding the local man remains in hospital with symptoms of amnesia.

Investigators were called to the Chinook Regional Hospital at 1:23 a.m. to help identify the man who couldn’t remember his name and was carrying no identification.

The man was wearing cycling attire and a blue water bladder backpack, and arrived at the hospital covered in mud, claiming he’d taken a spill on his bike.

Police hadn’t received a missing persons report that fit the man’s description, prompting the request for public help.