Motorbike rider and side car passenger die after crash A MOTORBIKE rider and a passenger who was riding in a side car have died at the scene of a crash. At about 3.35pm, on Friday, police received a report of a crash between a motorcycle and a dark coloured Mitsubishi near to Simonburn in Northumberland. Emergency services attended the scene and found that the male driver of the motorcycle and a female passenger who was riding in a side car, had sustained serious injuries. They were treated by paramedics but were both pronounced dead at the scene. Specialists officers are supporting the family of the 68-year-old man and 72-year-old woman, who died in this incident.