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Collision in Mayfair between truck and dirt bike leaves man dead

A 19-year-old man died and 19-year-old woman was injured after the dirt bike they were riding crashed into an SUV Monday afternoon in Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia, police said.

A 19-year-old man died and 19-year-old woman was injured after the dirt bike they were riding crashed into an SUV Monday afternoon in Mayfair section of Northeast Philadelphia, police said.

About 1:30 p.m. in the 7200 block of Hawthorne Street, the man was operating the dirt bike on a sidewalk when he entered the street and struck a 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe head on, police said.

The man and woman, who was a passenger, were transported to Aria Health-Torresdale Campus, where the man was pronounced and the woman was listed in critical condition, police said. A 32-year-old man driving the Tahoe was not reported injured. - Robert Moran