A teenager who was ‘riding a stolen off road motorbike’ was killed when he collided with a stationary vehicle, a coroner has been told.
Dean Barnes was just 16 years old when he died following the smash on Ainsdale Grove in Reddish, Stockport, on January 24. At the time, he was ‘riding a stolen off road motorbike’ with another male, Assistant Coroner Anna Morris was told this morning (February 17).
In the first hearing in the inquest into Dean’s death, which will conclude in the summer, Police Coroner Officer Laura Taylor confirmed the circumstances around the incident.
Ms Morris also confirmed his cause of death. READ MORE: Man bit rail worker's arm after officers spotted him 'acting suspiciously' near Manchester Arena “A post mortem confirmed head, neck, and thoracic injuries,” Ms Morris said in Stockport coroners’ court room one. “The 1A cause of death is multiple injuries.” “Is there reason to believe they were caused by an incident with a motor vehicle,” she then asked the police coroner’s officer. “Yes,” Laura Taylor replied. “He was riding on a stolen off road bike.
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