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Flowers person been near astatine the country connected Langworthy Road successful Salford
A lad who died aft being followed by constabulary connected his e-bike and past colliding with an ambulance has been named locally arsenic 15-year-old Saul Cookson.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said postulation officers followed the teen successful Salford connected Thursday day until bollards blocked their vehicle's path.
The lad past rode connected earlier his e-bike collided with the ambulance, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating.
The lad was followed by officers on Fitzwarren Street and connected to Lower Seedley Road astatine astir 14:00 BST earlier the clang connected Langworthy Road.
NWAS said that portion its conveyance was not connected an progressive telephone astatine the clip it was being driven backmost to a adjacent ambulance station.
The unit wrong was capable to dainty the lad instantly earlier taking him to infirmary wherever helium aboriginal died.
'Tragedy'
In a statement, GMP said: "Our thoughts are with the household and friends of the lad who tragically died."
The IOPC, which oversees constabulary conduct, said it was "independently investigating the circumstances of a superior collision involving an e-bike and an ambulance successful Salford".
"Our thoughts are with his household and loved ones, arsenic good arsenic each those affected by this tragedy," its spokesperson said.
"We were notified by Greater Manchester Police owed to the information a constabulary conveyance had been pursuing the e-bike soon earlier the collision.
"We person sent investigators to the country of the collision, astatine the junction of Langworthy Road and Lower Seedley Road, arsenic good arsenic to the constabulary post-incident procedures, to statesman gathering evidence."
He added the IOPC would supply "further details erstwhile we are successful a presumption to bash so".
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