Boy, 13, seriously injured after e-bike crash in Stroud

Police are appealing for witnesses after the crash in Cainscross

Author: Anna DaviesPublished 4 hours ago

A boy has been left with serious injuries following an incident involving an e-bike in Stroud.

Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward after the incident, which happened in Cainscross on Thursday 29th October.

Police were called at 4.12pm by the ambulance service, with a report of an incident in Victory Park, off Church Road.

It was reported that an electronically assisted pedal cycle, being ridden by a boy with a pillion passenger, had collided with a wall in the park, Gloucestershire Police said.

Emergency services attended the scene, and a 13-year-old boy was taken to Bristol Children's Hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries.

He remains there in a stable condition.

An 11-year-old boy, who had also been on the bike, was taken to hospital after sustaining minor injuries.

Officers are making enquiries to establish the circumstances around what happened, and are asking anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

On police arrival at the scene, the bike had been removed, and enquiries into this are ongoing.

Anyone with information relating to what happened can provide it to police online, quoting the occurrence number.