Police urge stolen motorbike rider ‘do the right thing’ as passenger …

Police are appealing for information after a teenage motorbike passenger was found with serious injuries on the roadside. The victim, aged 17, was discovered on Dixon Street,^[1] at around 1.10pm on Wednesday (November 2).

It has now emerged that the passenger had been on a stolen grey Honda CBF 600 and was not wearing a helmet. The rider fled the scene.

The teenager remains in a serious condition in hospital. West Midlands Police ^[2] is trying to piece together the events leading up the incident and is appealing to anyone with dashcam footage or CCTV to contact them urgently.

Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit ^[4], said: “At this stage we don’t believe any other vehicle was involved but I am keen to hear from anyone who was in the area, and particularly anybody with dash cam footage, who hasn’t already spoken to us.

“I can confirm that the motorbike was a stolen vehicle and that sadly the passenger was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. I would appeal direct to the rider or anyone with information about their whereabouts to do the right thing and to make contact with us as soon as possible.”

A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “A pillion passenger on a motorbike has sustained life-threatening injuries following a collision in Wolverhampton today. West Midlands Ambulance Service ^[6] was called at 1.12pm to collision involving a motorbike on Dixon Street and sent one ambulance, the Midland Air Ambulance from Cosford and the Midland Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.

“Upon arrival we found man. He was assessed by ambulance staff at the scene and had sustained life-threatening injuries. He received advanced trauma care from ambulance staff at the scene and was conveyed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital ^[7] for further treatment under emergency blue light conditions via land ambulance with staff from Midland Air Ambulance travelling for continued treatment en route. No further patients required treatment.”

Anyone with information should contact police quoting log 2254 of 01/11/23. You can also get in touch with the Serious Collision Investigation Unit directly at [email protected]^[8]

References

^{^} Dixon Street, (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
^{^} West Midlands Police (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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