High Street Kippax: Boy and two adults bailed after girl suffers 'life-changing injuries' in Leeds crash

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Police have issued an arrest update after a young girl was seriously injured in a Leeds quad bike crash.

A boy and two adults have been released on police bail after the girl, seven, was left with life-changing injuries in a quad bike crash on Boxing Day.

The girl was a passenger on a green Honda TRX420 quad bike when it hit a telegraph pole outside the Old Tree Inn pub on the High Street in Kippax.

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Three people, arrested in relation to the incident, have now been released on police bail.Three people, arrested in relation to the incident, have now been released on police bail.
Three people, arrested in relation to the incident, have now been released on police bail. | NW

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving over the crash.

While a man and a woman, both aged in their 30s, were arrested on suspicion of child neglect. All three have been released on police bail as inquiries continue.

Officers would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the green quad bike being ridden around the Kippax area at any point from 10pm until the time of the collision, particularly anyone with relevant CCTV or dashcam footage.

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The girl is being treated in hospital for injuries which police say are “serious and life-changing, but not life-threatening”.

The quad bike was recovered and the road was reopened at 1.30pm yesterday (Friday, December 27).

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