Man dies in Wythenshawe off-road bike crash

A man has died after the off-road motorcycle he was riding collided with a van in Manchester.

Bobby Carl Hodgkins, 24, was riding the bike on Greenbrow Road in Wythenshawe when he collided with a Toyota van at the junction with Tuffley Road.

Mr Hodgkins, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken to hospital with a serious head injury but later died.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash, which happened at 1440 BST on Saturday, to contact them.

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