A YOUNG factory worker died in a motorbike accident on his way to work, last Friday.

Distraught family and colleagues of Philip Hughes have paid tribute to the 17-year-old, who was employed at Morrison's Distribution Centre in Rudheath.

The accident happened near the junction of Middlewich Road and Pennys Lane at around 7.40am.

Philip's Honda cc125 was in collision with the side of a Bedford tipper truck.

He was taken to Leighton Hospital where he died a few hours later.

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