Teen Injured as Postal Van Clips Pavement in Colchester Crash

Police are hunting witnesses after a 16-year-old girl was hurt in a road incident on St Johns Road, Colchester.

Postal Van Causes Teen to Wipe Out

The girl was riding a black 50cc motorcycle near the Ipswich Road junction when a red postal van mounted the pavement right in front of her. To avoid a collision, she had to swerve – but ended up crashing and sustaining injuries.

Help Police Catch the Culprit

Any witnesses are urged to contact PC Tim Coe at the Stanway Road Policing Unit on 101, quoting incident 485 of 3 October.

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