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Swindon crash biker is named
11:15am Monday 6th July 2009
Police have identified a 20-year-old man who broke his neck when he crashed his motorbike as he was being pursued by Wiltshire Police on July 1.
Kris Smart, from Pinehurst, is said to be responding well to treatment in hospital after the incident in Swindon.
The investigation into the crash, involving a police patrol car, is to be managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Wiltshire Police referred the matter to the IPCC on Wednesday.
Mr Smart fell from the bike in Poplar Avenue and was taken by ambulance to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon.
He was diagnosed as having broken his neck in three places.
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codgod, Spud lane says...
1:05pm Mon 6 Jul 09
first time reader wrote:There is a reason for people thinking he had died First time reader , that being that this halwitted website originally stated in its headline on Friday/Saturday that the accident was FATAL although they seemed to have missed the fact he survived .
He's not dead people - check your facts!!!!
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first time reader, swindon says...
11:38am Mon 6 Jul 09