Lifelong Manchester United fan Owen David Jones suffered fatal skull fractures after coming off an e-bike he had borrowed from a friend
The parents of a teenager who died after crashing an electric bike have urged cyclists to wear helmets to 'prevent families going through this same tragic hell'.
When Owen's two friends, Marley and Jack, got to the bottom of the hill they found him lying unconscious in the road, Lancs Live reports. Owen, an apprentice joiner and carpenter from Crawshawbooth, was flown to the Royal Preston Hospital but he died the following day after doctors discovered he had suffered several 'unsurvivable' injuries, including skull fractures.
“More legislation is needed for e-bikes and e-scooters. I regard the operation of many e-bikes as more akin to a motorcycle road bike than a bicycle. They achieve acceleration to a top speed of 40+mph, much faster than anything else on the roads.
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