Boy, 16, fighting for life after horror quad bike crash with eight-year-old cyclist in Croydon

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A teenager is fighting for his life after a horror crash with an eight-year-old cyclist in Croydon.

The 16-year-old boy was driving down Cheston Avenue in Shirley on a quad bike when he lost control, mounted the pavement and smashed into the young cyclist, according to police.

Eyewitnesses told the Croydon Advertiser that the eight-year-old boy was thrown into the air by the force of the impact.

The quad bike’s driver was unable to stop and smashed into a nearby bus shelter.

Witnesses rushed to help the the teenager, and the boy was comforted by the side of the road by his mother after the crash on Monday afternoon.

Emergency crews rushed to the scene where paramedics treated the teenager before taking him to Croydon University Hospital with “life threatening injuries”. 

The boy was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.

A spokesman for the Met Police said: “Police were called at around 3.50pm on Monday January 2nd to a report of a collision between a quad bike and a pedestrian at Cheston Avenue junction with Wickham Road, Shirley.

“Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service.

“The 16-year-old male rider injured at the location and was taken to a south London hospital where he remains. His injuries are being treated as life threatening.

“The pedestrian - an eight-year-old boy - was also taken to a south London hospital with minor injuries.

“Officers from the Serious Collisions Investigations Unit are investigating. There have been no arrests.”

A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 3.54pm on Monday January 2 to reports of a road traffic collision in Wickham Road.

“We sent an ambulance crew to the scene, which arrived in under a minute.

“We treated a teenage boy at the scene and took him as a priority to a hospital in south London.

“A second patient, a child, was also taken to hospital.”

Police hunt man after teenager 'shot in back of head with BB gun' on London bus

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A teenager was left bleeding from the back of the head after he was shot with a BB gun on a London bus, police said.

The 18-year-old victim was struck on the head by a pellet as he travelled on a Route 25 bus from Romford Road, Manor Park towards Ilford.

Police said he was sat at the front of the bus on the top deck when he felt something hit the back of his head. 

He immediately turned around but saw no-one looking suspicious.

But when he touched the back of his head, he felt the BB pellet protruding from his skin, which was slightly bleeding, police said.

Scotland Yard released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident, which happened at about 1.45pm on Friday, November 11. 

A Met Police spokesman said: “Police believe the victim was struck by a metal ball fired from a ball bearing (BB) pellet gun.

"The injured man required hospital treatment but has since been discharged.

“The incident is being investigated by detectives from the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command.

“No arrests have been made. Enquiries are ongoing.”

Motorcyclist fighting for life after colliding with lorry in south west London

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A motorcyclist is fighting for life in hospital following a crash with a lorry in south west London.

Metropolitan Police officers, London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance rushed to Traps Lane in New Malden shortly after 9am on Thursday.

The male biker, whose age is not yet known, was taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting where he remains in a critical condition, Kingston police said.

Police said the driver of the lorry stopped at the scene.

A police cordon is in place close to the junction with Coombe Lane West while investigations into the crash continue.

No arrests have been made, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.