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Old 21-07-08, 02:26 PM   #1
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Default Wire trap kills off roader

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Originally Posted by Lancashire Evening Post"
Teenage biker killed by 'booby trap'









Published Date:
21 July 2008
By Jenny Simpson
A teenager died after being flung off his trail-bike by a booby trap wire strung between two trees on a Lancashire track.
17-year-old Ryan Acaster, from Brinscall, Chorley, was riding the motorcycle on a dirt track at Martin Mere, near Burscough, when he collided with the wire just before 2pm yesterday. ((SUN))

Detectives were today investigating how the wire came to be strung between the trees at the remote rural path, off New Lane.

The boy's dad, who is from the Southport area, found the youngster lying badly injured when he went to search for him, after noticing he had been gone for some time.
It is understood the teenager was not wearing a crash helmet and suffered serious head injuries.

A crew from the North-West Air Ambulance secured the boy's airways and then airlifted him to Royal Preston Hospital.

He was given emergency treatment at hospital but died soon afterwards.
The scene was cordoned off last night while officers combed the area for clues as to how the wire came to be there.

Insp Peter Upton, force incident manager at Lancashire police, said: "We do not know who has put the wire there yet.

"All we can say is a 17-year-old boy has died as a result.

"CID are involved in an investigation to find out the full circumstances as to how it came to be across the path.

"We have got it cordoned off."

An air ambulance spokesman said: "We were first on the scene. The boy had suffered massive head injuries and we took him to Royal Preston Hospital."

A Lancashire Police spokesman said there is no indication at the moment that the wire had been deliberately set up to cause harm, although investigations are continuing to try and establish who manages the land.

A post mortem examination was due to take place today.

It is believed the farmland where the accident took place is a popular haunt for traill bikers.

Trail bikes are lightweight, two-wheeled motorcycles designed for off-road riding. Also known as dirt bikes, they have special tyres and suspension for riding on unpaved roads and over rough terrain.

Looks like somebody is in for trouble big time.

They need to find the clown who did this fast before others think "What a good idea", Nasty motorcycles destroying our peace and quiet etc.
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Old 21-07-08, 02:43 PM   #2
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Ouch! There are some vile vile people out there. Lets hope he's caught pronto
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Old 21-07-08, 02:43 PM   #3
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Disgusting! Though he really should have had an helmet... That was stupid to allow him on it without one!
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Old 21-07-08, 02:56 PM   #4
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Disgraceful! And not too far from me

OK kids razzing around on bikes can upset people (esp. farmers with livestock etc etc), but this is beyond comprehension if it is a deliberate act.
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Old 21-07-08, 03:47 PM   #5
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Sad news indeed.

Unfortunatly though it is nothing new. We had a spate of this a few years back local to us when we used to go biking in the woods. Luckily nobody was injured due to it, but potentially we could have had the same outcome.
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Old 21-07-08, 03:50 PM   #6
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Metal spikes in the ground is a favourite around here, we have a place called the desert which is apparently legendary in the off road world.
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Old 21-07-08, 03:55 PM   #7
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poor sod! RIP. responsibility probably lies with local residents who are fed up of kids whizzing round and the police not doing anything about it.
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Old 21-07-08, 04:07 PM   #8
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My bet is residents, or ****ed off walkers.

THe amount of times I've come accross logs over paths, barbed wire over tracks etc. when going down *designated* mountain bike routes is ridiculous, you get even worse on 'joint' routes....

One recent trip to Coed-y-Brenin I had to bail just after a 6ft or so drop (run out was bermed) and as I flew round the berm low and behold there was half a f*cking fence in the middle (not a bunny-hoppable one sadly) - you could see the drag marks from where it had been pulled over...
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Old 21-07-08, 04:47 PM   #9
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There's a village near me, Holt, where some kids tied rope across the road between 2 trees, and it almost totalled a friend of mines Citroen 2CV.

I mean, the 2CV is pretty much made of tin foil anyway, but what a load of little b4stards!
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Old 21-07-08, 04:59 PM   #10
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Premeditated Murder?
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