GLOUCESTERSHIRE Police are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in Cheltenham today when a motorcyclist died.
At around 2.45pm yesterday a black Honda Motorcycle, driven by a 26 year old man from Bishops Cleeve, was travelling on the A40 Gloucester Road in the direction of Benhall Roundabout, when a collision occurred with a black Ford Focus driven by a 50 year old local man travelling in the opposite direction towards the town centre.
Members of the public, including an off duty paramedic and off duty police officer, administered emergency first aid at the scene.
The ambulance and police emergency services took over but the motorcyclist’s life could not be saved and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision and are requesting that the driver of a black vehicle, which was initially waiting to turn right into Benhall Gardens and then drove on towards Benhall roundabout moments prior to the collision, to please make contact.
Please call 101 quoting incident number 287 of 28 August 2015.
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