Boy who was thrown from a motorbike into brook which flows into the Wyre was found two months later
Daily MailThe body of a teenager thrown from a motorbike and off a bridge – upstream from where Nicola Bulley was last seen – was found two months later close to the mouth of the river, his family revealed. After a search of the River Wyre around Ms Bulley’s Lancashire village drew a blank, intense speculation has focused on whether the mother of two’s body could have been swept out to sea. The 16-year-old was thrown into Barton Brook, which flows into the River Wyre less than a mile upstream of the bench where Ms Bulley’s spaniel Willow and her mobile phone were found Roger Jones, 16, was a pillion passenger on a friend’s motorbike when the rider lost control on a narrow bridge on or around January 27, 1978 The tragic accident happened outside the village of Woodplumpton, near Preston, on or around January 27, 1978 - 45 years to the day before Ms Bulley vanished. Roger was thrown into Barton Brook, which eventually flows into the River Wyre less than a mile upstream of the bench where Ms Bulley’s spaniel Willow and mobile phone were found almost two weeks ago. After a search of the River Wyre around Ms Bulley’s Lancashire village drew a blank, speculation focused on whether the mother-of-two’s body could have been swept out to sea ‘The water levels would have been higher that night, but if Roger was carried away like that, maybe that’s what happened to her too.
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