Boy, 16, dies after crashing bike on farm
'My thoughts are with his loved ones,'
A boy, 16, has died after the farmyard vehicle he was riding crashed into a field in Worsthorne, Lancashire.
The teenager, from the rural town about two miles east of Burnley, crashed while on a Polaris Ranger Farmbike yesterday.
His vehicle veered out of a carriageway and onto Extwistle Road at around 12.40am.
A Burnley local also aboard the bike, 17, avoided being seriously injured.
Police are appealing for witnesses. No other vehicles were involved in the incident.
Sgt Martin Wilcock added: ‘This collision has resulted in a teenager losing his life and my thoughts are with his loved ones at this difficult time.
‘Having carried out extensive work to establish the circumstances of what led to the collision, we are satisfied that this is no longer a criminal investigation and we are now carrying out enquiries on behalf of the Coroner.
‘With that in mind, I would ask any witnesses or anyone with dashcam covering the area around that time to contact the police.
‘A family is grieving and I would ask the public – particularly those on social media – not to engage in any unhelpful, unnecessary and hurtful speculation.’
A Polaris Ranger Farmbike is a type of utility terrain vehicle (UTV), also called a side-by-side.
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