Teen victim not wearing crash helmet

Dec 17 2002 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A TEENAGER badly hurt in a motorbike crash was not wearing a crash helmet.

The 18-year-old from Golcar is the second teenager to be badly hurt while not wearing a crash helmet in two separate accidents in Huddersfield over the last three weeks.

In the latest accident on Manchester Road in Marsden, an 18-year-old from Golcar and a 19-year-old from Marsden were flung from a 125cc bike after it hit a chevron road sign near the junction with Stubbin Road at 12.20am yesterday.

The 18-year-old, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered serious head, neck and back injuries. He is in a serious condition at Leeds General Infirmary.

Police today urged people never to take the risk or break the law by riding motorcycles without helmets.

A 17-year-old Holmfirth boy was critically injured when he was thrown from a moped on which he was riding pillion in Woodhead Road, Holmfirth, at 10pm on November 23.

He is now off a ventilator at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and said to be improving.

The rider, an 18-year- old from Meltham, was less badly hurt.