A 15-YEAR-OLD boy suffered serious head injuries when his motorbike crashed into a house.

David Alexander Nichol-Thompson of Hazel Avenue, Darwen, was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident on Anyon Street, Darwen, yesterday evening.

He was driving the bike with his older brother riding pillion.

Police said the bike had no brakes and was generally in poor mechanical order.

David was being treated at Blackburn Royal Infirmary for serious head and facial injuries.

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