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Teenager dies days after e-bike crash

Greig Watson
BBC News, East Midlands
Leicester Media Online A police car and collision investigation unit van parked outside a police cordon in Gipsy Lane in Leicester. An officer can be seen inside the cordon, which extends across the width of the road, in the background of the image. A second officer wearing a hi-vis jacket is standing in front of the parked police car in the foreground.Leicester Media Online
The crash happened in the early hours of 10 July

A teenager injured in an e-bike crash in Leicester has died in hospital, police have said.

The 17-year-was hurt when his vehicle hit a wall in Gipsy Lane in the early hours of 10 July and officers have now said he died on Tuesday.

A 15-year-old boy – also believed to be riding an e-bike – was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was later released under investigation.

Two other teenagers – aged 17 and 16 – were later arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and were also released under investigation.

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