A 19-year-old motorcyclist died when he was in collision with another machine on a minor track at Downhill Quarry, Sunderland.
Police last night named the dead man as Richard Owens, of Blackwood Street, Sunderland. A police spokesman said the man had been riding a Yamaha off-road bike when he was in collision with an off-road Suzuki motorcycle on Wednesday.
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