Boy, nine, dies after scrambler bike collision

A nine-year-old boy has died and another boy is in a critical condition in hospital after a crash involving scrambler bikes in Northern Ireland.

The collision happened in Ballymena, Co Antrim, late on Thursday afternoon.

Both children are understood to have been riding separate bikes that crashed head-on in a park in the Dunvale area of the town’s Dunclug estate shortly before 5pm.

They were taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, one by air ambulance. The nine-year-old died in the early hours of yesterday.

The other boy, who is aged 13, is understood to be in a critical condition.