TWO men died in a road smash in Birchwood on Saturday afternoon.

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

The black Honda CBR 600 they were riding hit the central reservation and the men were thrown on the opposite carriageway.

The pair were then hit by a Ford Fiesta which was travelling towards the town centre.

Paramedics raced to the scene but were unable to help the rider and his pillion passenger, who were pronounced dead at the scene after suffering multiple injuries.

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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