FLORAL tributes mark the spot where two men died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday afternoon.

Factory worker Alan Peter Evans, aged 31, of Berkshire Drive, Woolston, and Michael Andrew Weaver, a 30-year-old firefighter from Steel Street, died after falling from a black Honda CBR 600 motorbike on Birchwood Way.

The bike collided with the central reservation and the men were thrown on the opposite carriageway. They suffered multiple injuries after being hit by a Ford Fiesta which was travelling towards the town centre.

Emergency crews raced to the scene but were unable to save the rider and his pillion passenger.

Police are appealing for anyone who saw the motorbike before the crash or who witnessed the incident to get in touch.

Anyone with information should contact the traffic unit at Warrington Police Station on 652222.

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