North Yorkshire Police has urged people to stop sharing footage on social media of the crash that killed 17-year-old Alfie Lovett.
Alfie, from York, was a passenger in a Peugeot 107 which crashed into a wall on Brimham Rocks Road, near Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, on Tuesday at 6.50pm.
Three other people in the car were left with minor injuries and the driver has been helping police with their enquiries.
The constabulary issued a statement this afternoon saying it was “aware of numerous video clips that are circulating which show footage from the fatal road traffic collision at Brimham Rocks on Tuesday evening”.
The statement added:
“Officers are urgently asking anyone who is in possession of any of this video footage to save it and immediately make contact with the police as this could be critical to the investigation.
“To preserve the integrity of the investigation and out of respect to Alfie’s family officers are also asking that anyone who has any of the footage refrains from sharing it with anyone else other than the police.”
Police urged anyone with video footage to email general.enquiries@northyorkshire.police.uk or call 101.
Quote reference number 12230173187.
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Local motorcyclist killed in Nidd crash
A motorcyclist has died following a collision in Nidd on Saturday afternoon.
The man, aged in his 30s, was travelling from Ripley on the B6165 Ripley Road when his blue motorcycle collided with a silver Toyota Hilux driving in the opposite direction at about 3.25pm.
He died at the scene.
North Yorkshire Police has not revealed the man’s name but said in a statement he was local.
It are appealing for anyone who saw what happened, or saw either vehicle in the moments leading up to the crash, to get in touch.
You can call 101, select option 1 and quote reference 12210171943 or email PC Nicola Gill at Nicola.gill@northyorkshire.pnn.police.ukMotorcyclist.
It was one of two fatal crashes in North Yorkshire over the weekend.
A woman in her 60s died following a two-car collision on the A6055 between Catterick and Leeming Bar at about 2.20am this morning.
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