Details of a horror crash in Oldham which claimed the lives of a young motorbike rider and his passenger have been heard as inquests into their deaths were opened.
Plumber Harry Atkinson, 20, and kitchen fitter Lewis Meeson, both from Royton, died after an off-road bike being riden by Mr Atkinson, and on which Mr Meeson was a passenger, was involved in a collision with a car on High Barn Street on Friday April 15.
Inquests into their death were formally opened at Rochdale Coroner's Court on Tuesday morning. During the short back-to back hearings brief circumstances of the crash, which occured near the junction with Cardigan Street, were disclosed.
