Biker killed in accident with Police

[FUBAR69]

Man killed in police bike crash

A man has died after his motorcycle was in collision with a police motorcycle in County Antrim.

The crash took place on Garron Road, outside Carnlough, at about 1420 BST on Sunday as the police were escorting a group of motorcyclists to an event.

The police officer has been taken to hospital, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

The incident has been reported to the the Police Ombudsman who is carrying out an investigation.

In a separate incident, another motorcyclist died when his bike was in collision with a van near Ballymena.

The accident took place on the Glenravel Road at about 1030 BST on Sunday.


Source : BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Man killed in police bike crash

 

[FUBAR69]

i reckon there will be a lot of grief with this, it turns out the Police rider was acting as a "outrider" ahead of the group of bikers, he was on the wrong side of the road on approach to a blind corner.

Sadly the other rider came in the opposite direction and ended with him dying


How much do ya bet the copper gets off ?

 

[Curly]

It seams no matter how well these guys are trained, accidents still happen.
Similar thing happened near me a couple of years ago.
Poor guy got killed too.

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Motorcycle Pc crash inquest opens



Curly

 

[FUBAR69]

It seams no matter how well these guys are trained, accidents still happen.
Similar thing happened near me a couple of years ago.
Poor guy got killed too.

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Motorcycle Pc crash inquest opens



Curly

With respect to the late PC, they are obvioulsy not that well trained


The only thing that really teaches is time and experience...

 

[pks00]

Dont matter how experienced you are, accidents can still happen, but less so. Question was why was the copper on the wrong side of the road. That cant be down to inexperience surely, he must of known what he was doing.

 

[Firemouth]

can't speak for those in NI. but bike cops in the mainland, are amongst the best trained. and, in my experience, best riders on the roads. with a level of bike control, many, never achieve in a life time. accidents do happen, but we need, way, more evedence before we can, even, start to ask who was at fault.

 

[ms2005]

There are loads of questions that need to be asked, I imagine as an escort he would most certainly have not have been speeding, was the other bike the same?

Not trying to stir anything up I'm just saying that in my experience on the roads 1 in 10 motorcyclists stick to anything even close to the speed limit.

I'm not saying I'm a saint in my car but the fundamentals are a car is a lot easier to see than a bike.

 

[Firemouth]

There are loads of questions that need to be asked, I imagine as an escort he would most certainly have not have been speeding, was the other bike the same?

Not trying to stir anything up I'm just saying that in my experience on the roads 1 in 10 motorcyclists stick to anything even close to the speed limit.

I'm not saying I'm a saint in my car but the fundamentals are a car is a lot easier to see than a bike.

i see no "stirring" in this. its pretty much what went through my head, when i read the OP. there is not much the poor copper can do if someone comes round the bend, too fast to stop. (i am not saying that's what happened).

 

[FUBAR69]

If the shoe was on the other foot (ie the dead rider on the wrong side of the road) the police would have apportioned blame almost instantly !

Witnesses say the dead biker was not travelling at excessive speed.