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REPORTS VARYTeenagers die after fatal motorbike and bus crash on Liverpool Parramatta Transitway, sparking community mourning

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A horrific head-on collision between a motorcycle carrying two teenagers aged 14 and 15 with an articulated bus has resulted in the deaths of both boys near Sydney's west end at the intersection involving the Liverpoo Liverpool Parramatta Transitway, as confirmed by Xinhua on March 23.

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    Two teenage boys died after colliding with and becoming trapped under an e-bike in western Sydney.
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    Reports conflict regarding their ages, citing both a pair of teens aged 14-15 or one rider at age 16/one passenger at 15. The crash occurred on Monday night near Bossley Park's Liverpool-Parramatta Transitway (T-Way).
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    Emergency services responded to the scene around 7:08 PM - just after midnight depending on source time zone, where paramedics attempted resuscitation before both boys were pronounced dead.
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    The community has gathered at the crash site with flowers and signs in mourning as police investigate this fatal collision.
[Mar 24] Reports confirm two teenage deaths; one source specifies ages of 15 (rider) and 14, while another mentions a rider aged up to or over sixteen.
[Mon night / Mar 23 ~7:08 PM] A fatal collision occurred between an e-bike/motorcycle carrying two teenagers (ages reported as either both under/around fifteen, with one source stating a sixteen-year-old rider) and a bus on the Liverpool-Parramatta Transitway near Bossley Park.
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Two teenagers, William Drake (15) and Adrian Lai (14), died after a motorbike collided with an unharmed bus driver on Liverpool Parramatta T-Way near Bossley Park in Sydney. The crash occurred at 7:10 pm on March 23; both boys received paramedic treatment but succumbed to their injuries, while the local community expressed deep sadness and anger over what they described as a tragic accident highlighted previously by officials.

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Flowers and signs placed at crash site as community mourns two teenagers killed in collision
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