A lorry driver has been arrested following a crash in which a teenage motorcyclist died in Yorkshire.

South Yorkshire Police were called to the junction of Ecclesfield Road, Barrow Road and Fife Street in Sheffield at around 7.20am this morning (Jan 20) following reports of a crash between a lorry and an off-road motorcycle.

Despite frantic efforts to save the motorcyclist, who police said was “aged in his late teenage years” and from Rotherham, he died at the scene. The driver of the lorry, a 19-year-old man from Sheffield, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of being unfit through drink or drugs.

A statement from South Yorkshire Police said: “Officers are now appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or who was driving in the area at the time and may have captured how either vehicle was driving in the run-up to the incident on their dash cam to please come forward.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident number 121 of January 20. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Lorry driver arrested after teenage motorbiker dies in Yorkshire crash