Boy, 15, riding electric bike dies having smashed into parked ambulance after being followed by police

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A 15-year-old boy riding an electric bike has died having smashed into a parked ambulance after being followed by police. A huge emergency services response was launched following the incident.

Police and paramedics were pictured along Langworthy Road on Thursday afternoon (June 8) following the fatal incident. Police blocked off the road for a number of hours as serious collision investigators trawled the scene for evidence.

An ambulance with a smashed windscreen was pictured within the cordon. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Greater Manchester Police later confirmed officers followed the teenager, who was on an electronic bike, as he rode along Fitzwarren Street onto Lower Seedley Road in Salford.

Bollards 'prevented the police vehicle from continuing to follow' the rider, GMP said. Moments later, a 'collision occurred between the cyclist and the ambulance'.