R.I.P Young Alex 12th July 1988 - 18th April 2007 Page 2

The Accident

At approximately 5.30pm on the 18th April 2007, 18 year old Barrel Bikers Mcc member, Alex Titterington, Young Alex, was giving a friend a lift home on his restricted Bandit 600.
A car stopped at a T-Junction to wait for a gap in the traffic before turning right onto the busy single carraigeway road.
Alex was riding below the speed limit, with his headlamp on, in a good position on the road, riding as he had trained to do. The car then accelerated straight into the side of Alex's bike, killing him instantly and severely injuring Jojo, his female pillion passenger.
A biker and his wife driving past in his car stopped and tried to do what they could; the paramedics that arrived within minutes couldn't do anything for Alex, but did an amazing job looking after Jojo, who is now out of hospital after the first of many major surgical operations on her knee and her elbow.
The Police later informed Alex's family that he didn't even have a chance to react to the situation, not even a chance to apply the brakes; the car driver was arrested on the spot for causing death by dangerous driving.
The police action and the court hearings will take most of the rest of the year.

Flowers marked the accident site within hours.

Mole
May 2007