A cyclist is suffering serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle and assaulted by a driver who fled on foot in Rexdale, police say.

In an early morning tweet, police said they received reports of a cyclist struck near Hinton Road and Harefield Drive around 7:20 a.m. on Saturday.

Police say the driver left his vehicle and attacked the cyclist with an unidentified object.

The driver attempted to flee by boarding a TTC bus but was denied access by the bus driver and fled on foot instead.

Police are canvassing the area in search of the driver.

The cyclist was taken to a nearby hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.