A teenage boy from Bury died after being thrown from a non-road legal, modified, electric bike last year, a court has heard. He had been warned not to use the 'sports mode' of his friend's bike but was found unconscious and bleeding a short time later.
Owen David Jones from Bury, was walking with friends in Rossendale on May 11 last year when he asked to borrow one of their electric bikes. His friend, Marley, warned the 17-year-old not to use a 'sports mode' but after he set off they became concerned after not seeing him for 10 minutes, LancsLive reports.
When Marley and another friend Jack reached the end of the hill, they saw Owen lying unconscious and bleeding. They rang the emergency services and he was airlifted to Royal Preston Hospital where it was found he had suffered a catastrophic brain injury.
