{"id":216551,"date":"2023-11-15T19:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216551"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:12:28","slug":"watchdog-launches-probe-after-police-car-knocks-boy-off-electric-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/watchdog-launches-probe-after-police-car-knocks-boy-off-electric-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog launches probe after police car knocks boy off electric bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Police watchdog launches investigation after patrol car knocks 13-year-old boy off electric bike as he rode towards it<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The teenager was rushed to hospital with a serious leg injury after the crash<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The police watchdog has launched an investigation after a patrol car knocked a 13-year-old boy off his bike as rode towards the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The teenager was rushed to hospital with a serious leg injury after the crash at around 3.50pm on Wednesday\u00a0on Southdean Road in Dovecot, Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Merseyside Police reported three bikes were being ridden towards a police vehicle, and confirmed one\u00a0of the electric bikes, a Suron motorbike, was hit by a police car.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the crash is ongoing and police are now appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Detectives have confirmed that they made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the IOPC said: &#8216;We were notified of an incident by Merseyside Police on Wednesday (8 November) where we were informed of a road traffic collision involving a police vehicle and an e-bike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/18\/77618059-12731281-image-a-20_1699554216030.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The teenager was rushed to hospital with a serious leg injury after the crash at around 3.50pm on Wednesday on Southdean Road in Dovecot, Liverpool<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/18\/77618069-12731281-image-a-21_1699554222281.jpg\" height=\"535\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the crash is ongoing and police are now appealing for any witnesses to come forward<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was reported that two males came off the e-bike after contact was made on Southdean Road in Liverpool. We have been told the rider was taken to hospital with a leg injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have asked the force to send in a referral due to the police contact. Once received, we will assess the referral before deciding whether the IOPC needs to be involved in any investigation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information can contact us on Twitter @MerPolCC or on Facebook \u2018Merseyside Police Contact Centre\u2019 quoting reference 580 of 8 November.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12731281\/Police-watchdog-investigation-patrol-car-knocks-boy-electric-bike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police watchdog launches investigation after patrol car knocks 13-year-old boy off electric bike as he rode towards it The teenager was rushed to hospital with a serious leg injury after the crash The police watchdog has launched an investigation after a patrol car knocked a 13-year-old boy off his bike as rode towards the vehicle.\u00a0 The teenager was rushed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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