Girl biker, 19, was killed by another teenager as he pulled a wheelie at 100mph on wrong side of the road during 'cruise'

Leah Davies, 19, was edging out of a side road on her Yamaha in Wigan



Ryan Smith, 18, ploughed into her while 'performing high-speed wheelie'

Davies died a week later in hospital and Smith died shortly after impact

Two were at 'cruise' gathering where youngsters show off cars and bikes



A girl motorcyclist died after a collision with a teenage biker friend who was thought to have been performing a ‘wheelie’ stunt at up to 100mph, an inquest was told.

Hairdresser Leah Davies, 19, was edging out of a side road on her motorbike when 18-year-old Ryan Smith, who also died, smashed into her on his yellow Honda 600cc.

Her Yamaha collided with a third motorbike that was stationary, and all three riders were thrown from their bikes, suffering horrendous injuries.

Biker: Hairdresser Leah Davies, 19, suffered fatal injuries and died a week later in hospital after the incident



Miss Davies, who was an identical twin, and Mr Smith, an apprentice welder, both died later in hospital while the third motorcyclist spent weeks recovering from his injuries. They were part of a group of young friends who had met at Martland Mill Industrial Estate, in Wigan, during the evening of July 29 to show off their cars and motorbikes to each other. Oliver Pugh, 17, told the inquest that the group had gone to the event after hearing about it via Facebook. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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Teenage driver killed father-of-two when he lost control of... Share this article Share He said: ‘We walked around and looked at other cars and motor-cycles for about 20 minutes. We left more or less one after another.’ The inquest heard that when they left the meeting shortly before 11.30pm, Mr Smith went off on his own and circled a roundabout at the top of the road before roaring back towards his friends with his front wheel in the air. Mr Pugh said: ‘He must have been going between 80 to 100mph when he passed me. The front wheel was up because he was doing a wheelie. ‘I know it was a wheelie because it was off the floor for a long period of time. I only saw the wheel come down at the last second.’

Petrolheads: Leah Davies (left) and Ryan Smith (right) had met at an industrial Estate for a 'cruise' gathering where young people would take their cars and motorbikes to show them off to each other, an inquest was told

The teenager said he thought Mr Smith’s vision could have been impaired by his raised front wheel.

He added: ‘I saw Leah pull out of the junction, she was going up towards where we had been. At the time of the collision I believe Ryan was in the centre of the road.’ Another friend, Ryan Yates, 17, said: ‘Ryan overtook me very close. He was doing at least 100mph.

‘He was in third or fourth gear, I could hear the noise it was making – it was screaming.’

He added: ‘Leah was edging out and then she stopped. She would have seen Ryan at the last second.’

Her mother Mandy Lawrenson said: ‘Leah was a happy child and engaged in lots of activities.

Family members: Ryan Smith's mother Rosemary Smith (in red skirt) and other relatives pictured outside Bolton Town Hall, where the inquest into the deaths of the two teenagers killed is taking place 'She was very well liked and was a good singer and was always somebody who was positive, outgoing. ‘She met a friend who had an interest in motorcycles and through the friendship she became involved. ‘Leah’s grandfather had an interest and helped her with her motorcycle.’ She said her daughter had bought the Yamaha in January last year and had taken a second job to pay for the motorbike and riding lessons.