This was the shocking moment a motorcycle rider and passenger riding pillion suffered a head-on collision in Wigan, Greater Manchester.<br /><br />Footage from May 2, 2019, shows the alleged motorcycle thieves ride along the pavement and when dismounting the curb an oncoming vehicle emerges from a bend and they crash yards from a pedestrian.<br /><br />The filmer, Dave Dwyer, told Newsflare: "I was driving down Warrington Road in the Wigan Borough when a motorcycle appeared from a country lane with a rider and pavilion passenger who wasn't wearing a helmet. <br /><br />"They continued to follow me for about a quarter-mile when they noticed a police car travelling towards our direction. <br /><br />"As the police car passes the rider accelerated overtaking my car to the opposite side of the road onto the pavement. <br /><br />"They continue to race past pedestrians at speed for a short time then jumped from the pavement back onto the road into an oncoming vehicle stopping them in there tracks."
