Motorbike pillion rider dies in crash after assaults and robbery

A PILLION rider on a motorbike which crashed into a car in Hull following two assaults and a robbery in the city has died.

The 25-year-old passenger and the driver, 29, drove into the path of the vehicle as they tried to evade police.

Witnesses said a police helicopter was hovering overhead as the bike mounted the pavement on Calvert Lane, did a wheelie and then lost contact with the road surface, going into the car. Its 72-year-old driver was uninjured.

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The 25-year-old died at Hull Royal Infirmary on Thursday night. Police said the 29-year-old remains in a serious condition at the hospital.

The crash followed a series of incidents, which began when a 40-year-old man was assaulted on Hedon Road. The victim sustained minor injuries to his eyes after being sprayed with a substance.

It was followed by the serious assault of a 26-year-old man in North Hull, reported to police at 9.09am.

He sustained head injuries.

The final incident was at a newagents on Anlaby Road, where a 57-year-old female member of staff sustained minor injuries to her eyes.

She had also been sprayed.

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A police spokesman said: “The men on the motorcycle were not pursued. The motorcycle turned onto Calvert Lane and saw a police vehicle in the area and attempted to avoid it by turning onto the footpath before returning onto the road and colliding with an on-coming car.”

Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the motorbike prior to the incident.

They are keen to speak to pedestrians who were on the pavement on Calvert Lane at the time of the collision.

They have referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

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