Egremont motorcyclist dies
Published at 01:00, Monday, 01 October 2007
A 38-YEAR-OLD Egremont man has died after a motorcyle accident on Braystones Beach on Saturday morning.
Tony Robert Jones, of Royal Drive, was biking off-road alone when the accident happened just before 10am on Saturday morning.
Police say it appears that the bike Mr Jones was riding hit a rock, and he was thrown from the bike and onto another rock.
He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Coroner John Taylor has been informed of Mr Jones' death and an inquest is expected to be opened later today (Monday).
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
Email alerts
More News
- Hell on the Harbourside
- Thousands welcome troops to Whitehaven (5 comments)
- Go-ahead for superfast broadband roll-out across Cumbria (19 comments)
- Cumbria police investigate sudden death of man, 18
- New Cumbria County Council cabinet announced (2 comments)
- Exciting first week for new mayor Geoff
- Ministry wants views on N-waste process (2 comments)
- MPs’ expenses revealed
- Plans made to stop using Ennerdale as water source (9 comments)
- Last days of the Dusty Miller
- NMP ‘needs to change – or lose Sellafield contract’ (15 comments)
- Hell on the Harbourside
- Go-ahead for superfast broadband roll-out across Cumbria (19 comments)
- Thousands welcome troops to Whitehaven (5 comments)
- Shoplifter thought he was invisible
- Plans made to stop using Ennerdale as water source (9 comments)
- Jacqui’s swept off her feet!
- Driver on 131mph bypass speeding charge
- Meeting over bank closure is called off
- Police called to 'out of control' birthday party (21 comments)
- Thousands welcome troops to Whitehaven (5 comments)
- NMP ‘needs to change – or lose Sellafield contract’ (15 comments)
- Cumbria police investigate sudden death of man, 18
- Fears that state of lighthouses will stop people visiting Whitehaven (21 comments)
- Police called to 'out of control' birthday party (21 comments)
- Go-ahead for superfast broadband roll-out across Cumbria (19 comments)
- Plans made to stop using Ennerdale as water source (9 comments)
- Families at the front of homecoming parade
- Man found hanging
- Hell on the Harbourside
