20/08/12…Witness appeal – motorcycle fatality
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision that happened on the A418 in Wheatley.
The incident happened at around 9.50pm yesterday (19/8).
A green Triumph Thruxton 900 motorcycle was travelling east along the A418 towards Watersotck from the A40 when it was involved in a collision with a silver Mercedes CLK that was travelling west on the same road, by Middle Ground.
The motorcyclist, who has not been formally identified but is believed to be a 56-year-old man from London, was pronounced dead on arrival at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
The Mercedes driver was not seriously injured in the incident.
Anyone with any information about this incident should contact PC Matthew Hunt, in the Abingdon Roads Policing Base via 101.
If you don’t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.
SOURCE: Press release
