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Sorry CO - I just duplicated your thoughts in another post.

May I merge the referred post into here without offending, Ernest?

Two badly hurt in motorbike crash


Scene of the crash in Carlisle
Two teenagers were seriously hurt in the crash
Two young men are seriously ill in hospital after an off-road motorcycle collided with a minibus in Cumbria.

The 16-year-olds were hurt in a crash on Wigton Road in Carlisle, near Morton Community Centre, on Wednesday.

One of the injured was undergoing surgery at Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary on Thursday afternoon. His condition is described as serious.

The other was transferred to a hospital in Newcastle where his condition is described as critical.

In the past three months, Cumbria Police has received 268 calls from the public in relation to off-road motorbikes being ridden irresponsibly.

'Crash helmets'

The force has launched Operation Minx, in partnership with Carlisle City Council, in an attempt to tackle the growing problem.

Supt Jon Rush said: "This is the second collision where serious injury has occurred, involving the irresponsible riding of off-road motorcycles on Wigton Road in the past few weeks.

"Both incidents have involved young male teenagers from the neighbourhood using bikes, while not wearing crash helmets and riding on bikes that are not meant for use on the roads.

"We will continue with our operation but it is very sad that two young men are now seriously ill in hospital because they have not heeded ongoing warnings and advice."

It's a shame their families are being put through trauma - but then somebody presumably bought them the bike, and failed to supervise them.

Get real Ernest! How do you think it's possible to "supervise" a 16 year old? May have been better not to buy the bike but maybe it was a least of all evils situation. Believe me - unless you have a son of a certain type of around that age (I do, and he is worryingly exhibiting many of the characteristics I had at his age), you cannot possibly understand how difficult parenting can get.

There's a 14-year-old near us, and his 'father' smiles benignly as he rides off to take the piss out of the neighbours. No tax, test, licence, lights, horn, no. plate, helmet, silencer or road tyres. Sometimes after midnight. Even had the police chopper after him one night, but he's still at it!

And frequent calls to the BiB don't faze the family, even though they're under threat of eviction!