A four-year-old boy dies following a collision between a car and an off-road bike in Churchill Drive, Newark, Nottinghamshire, police say. The crash happens around 6pm on Sunday, with emergency services responding to reports involving the two vehicles.
Reports describe the boy as a passenger on the off-road bike, which was riding with a second bike in a convoy. A 24-year-old man riding with the boy is injured and taken to hospital, according to multiple outlets. The Independent, Metro and BBC all report arrests related to suspected dangerous driving.
BBC News and other UK press outlets say a 24-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and is in hospital. Metro and the Daily Record add that police also arrest a second man, aged 32, on suspicion of the same offence. Other coverage focuses primarily on the child’s death and the circumstances of the bike and car collision, while maintaining police accounts of arrests and ongoing investigation.
