Police have issued an appeal for information after a senior cyclist died after falling from his bicycle on a village path in Sheung Shui on July 16.

The 71-year-old man was found conscious, lying under his bike in a field near No 19 Hung Leng Sai Tsuen at about 7:30pm. A family member of the passerby who spotted him called Police.

The cyclist was sent to North District Hospital where he was certified dead at 8:17pm.

Police believe he was riding along the village path towards Ping Che Road when he lost control, fell to the left and onto the field below the path.