{"id":404910,"date":"2025-09-07T09:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/404910\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:39:12","slug":"police-close-road-after-man-hit-by-e-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/404910\/","title":{"rendered":"Police close road after man hit by e-bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police and ambulance were called to the scene<\/p>\n<p>09:40, 07 Sep 2025Updated 09:43, 07 Sep 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Laird-Street-BirkenheadJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Laird Street in Birkenhead \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Laird Street in Birkenhead (Image: Google Maps )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police cordoned off a road after a man was hit by an e-bike. Merseyside Police were called to Laird Street, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/armed-officers-surround-police-station-32428584\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birkenhead, at around 7.30pm on Saturday, September 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It followed reports a man on a pedal bike was hit by another man riding an e-bike on the road near <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/birkenhead\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mallaby Street<\/a>. A force incident manager said those involved in the crash suffered minor injuries, however they were still looking for one of the men who left the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police initially closed the road to &#8220;carry out investigations&#8221; following the crash and traffic was diverted from the area. However, the road was reopened a few hours later. 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