A 16-year-old boy was tragically killed after crashing his new pit bike into a barrier - just 30 minutes after buying it. Archie Brown, from Hull, East Yorks, collided into the barrier in April last year just weeks before his 17th birthday, and inquest heard.
He suffered a severe head injury and died at the scene, Hull Coroners' Corut was told. The inquest hearing was told Archie had just bought the bike for £250 from a 14-year-old boy, who had owned it for only two to three weeks himself.
He then rode off to Castlehill Road to meet up with friends, Hull Live reports. Witnesses say they saw Archie wearing a helmet as he rode along the route at a speed of around 30mph. “We were approaching the barrier when I became aware of a motorbike
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