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| Girl, 7, in fatal quad bike crash | Girl, 7, in fatal quad bike crash |
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| A seven-year-old girl died after her quad bike was involved in a head-on collision with a Range Rover in Essex. | A seven-year-old girl died after her quad bike was involved in a head-on collision with a Range Rover in Essex. |
| The crash occurred in Fingrith Hall Lane, just outside the village of Blackmore, on Wednesday evening. | The crash occurred in Fingrith Hall Lane, just outside the village of Blackmore, on Wednesday evening. |
| Elizabeth Cooke, of Spriggs Lane, Blackmore, was taken to Chelmsford's Broomfield Hospital where she died. | |
| A woman, 28, who was driving the Range Rover, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving while unfit through drink or drugs. | |
| The woman, from the Brentwood area, has been bailed until New Year's Eve. | The woman, from the Brentwood area, has been bailed until New Year's Eve. |
| 'Dangerous wherever used' | |
| Anyone who witnessed the crash between the red Shark quad bike and the red Range Rover, which occurred at about 1900 GMT, is asked to contact Essex Police. | |
| Some manufacturers make smaller quad bikes with automatic transmissions for children. It is illegal to ride such machines on public roads without a licence and insurance. | |
| Some junior quad bikes are capable of speeds of up to 40mph (64km/h). | |
| A spokesman for road safety charity Brake said: "Even with permission to use the machines on private land, children should not be put in control of them - the sheer power and speed of them is dangerous wherever they are used." |