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Following a collision with a van in east London, a teenage girl riding an e-scooter died. On Green Street in Upton Park, the cyclist, who police say was 14 years old, collided with the vehicle. Paramedics treated her, however she died at the scene about 13:30 GMT. The van's driver was with police, according to detectives, but he had not been detained. The girl's family has been notified, according to the Met. Following the incident, police have sealed off a half-mile stretch of the B167 in Newham. Traffic is being diverted at both ends of the cordon, which runs from Selsdon Road to Barking Road. Privately owned e-scooters are prohibited on public roads in the United Kingdom, while a rental scheme was launched in some sections of London in June 2021 as part of government-backed trials across the country. More than half of the 931 e-scooter crashes in the UK last year occurred in London, according to official data from January to June 2021. During the year 2021, the Met Police se

A 17-month-old child died at home after being bitten by a dog. Merseyside Police said Bella-Rae Birch died in hospital after the incident in St Helens at around 15:50 GMT on Monday. Her "extremely distraught" family had only purchased the dog a week before, according to officers. The animal, which was slain by authorities, will be tested to see if it was an illegal breed, and police will try to track down its prior owners. The attack took place at the family's home on Bidston Avenue in St Helens' Blackbrook neighborhood. One of the child's neighbors, who is about to attend university to study paramedics, described the child's parents as "hysterical." "We were driving home from school when we heard shouting. I simply hurried over to assist and began CPR till the paramedics arrived "she stated. "I didn't notice the dog since I was focused on the baby." Another neighbor who assisted with CPR noted, "The parents lavished atte