Speedway riders and fans raise funds for teenager brain injured in crash

Riders were wearing "We Support Sam" T-shirts Credit: ITV News Anglia
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Speedway riders and fans have joined together at a meeting at Mildenhall to raise funds for a teenager seriously injured during a crash.

15 year old Sam Norris was competing at the British Youth Championships in Glasgow on Father's Day, June 16 when he came off the bike.

His father Chris witnessed the crash and spoke of the horror in an interview with ITV News Anglia.

Sam a rider with Mildenhall Fen Tigers in Suffolk, suffered a serious brain injury.

He is still in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Thousands of pounds has already been raised for the teenager and his family.

Today at the meeting at Mildenhall where Sam should have been riding, T-shirts were being signed and sold to continue raising funds.

Credit: ITV News Anglia
Credit: ITV News Anglia