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A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed in the latest crash to claim a life on the roads around Selby.
The accident happened at about 6.15am yesterday, on the southbound carriageway of the A162 near South Milford.
A 46-year-old man from South Yorkshire was riding a blue Yamaha YZF R6 machine towards the A1, when it came off the road after a collision with a black lorry which was travelling in the same direction.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene and the road between South Milford and Sherburn was closed by police for more than four hours.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the driver of the lorry, a 44-year-old Tadcaster man, had been arrested and had since been released on bail.
Traffic Constable Roger Walker, of North Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Group, said patchy fog in the area may have been a factor in the collision. TC Walker said: “Although it is too early to say if this was a factor in this collision, I urge people to take extra care on the roads and slow down when visibility and road conditions are poor.
“I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the manner of driving of either vehicle prior to the incident, or the road conditions at the time of the collision, to contact the police, as I need to speak to them as a matter of urgency.”
Anyone who saw either vehicle prior to the accident, or has information which may assist police, should contact TC Walker on 0845 6060247, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.
Yesterday’s crash was the second fatal accident involving a motorcyclist on Selby’s roads in less than a month.
On July 27, a 37-year-old Goole man, Daniel Scott Nixon, died in a collision with a tractor on the A645.
The tractor driver, Andrejs Rajevskis, 27, is due to appear before Selby magistrates today on a charge of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving.
source: yorkpress.co.uk
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