This is a terrible accident and I am shocked by the awful postings on Echo website.People making judgements about the riders. Social media at its worst.
Shocking news, so sad.
Thoughts with the family at this terrible time.
This is a very sad case of a stupid error of judgement. The barbed and vile comments are not justified. Thoughts are with the family and friends
It seems that some people on there know more than the newspaper has revealed.
Although I'm an old git at 44 I do remember 30 years ago when I was a 14 year old messing about with bikes we used to push them to the sunken car park next to New Brighton baths and ride them there. The police would often drive past and as long as we weren't being anti social they'd happily let us get on with it. Nowadays we live in a different world where even pushing a motorbike along at 14 would immediately see you stopped by the police for being in charge of a motor vehicle without tax, test, MOT, insurance and licence and they'd consider it a "good result" seizing it and disqualifying you from driving before you even have a licence. Maybe if we had an area where off road bikes could be used then we'd see less of them being used on road in an anti social way?