Dad, 24, killed while speeding on rural road just weeks after passing driving test

A motorcyclist died after crashing head-on into a car just weeks after passing his driving test.

Kyle Barlow had passed his test allowing him to ride his 600cc Yamaha R6 less than two months before he crashed into a Toyota Hilux travelling at about 6pm on Friday, October 8 last year.

The 24-year-old was riding along the A588 Lancaster Road between Cockerham and Pilling, in Lancashire, when he lost control while speeding around a bend.

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An inquest on Tuesday (March 8) heard that Mr Barlow, a groundworker who lived in Blackpool, was taken to Royal Preston Hospital but died the following day. Eyewitness Paul Lewis, who was driving the Toyota, had been on his way to pick up his son from Cockerham at the time of the crash, Lancs Live reports.

"I'd just moved house and was going back to my caravan at Pilling to pick up my son to go and get some paint from B&Q in Preston," Mr Lewis told the hearing at Preston Coroner's Court.

"I was following some other cars on the A588. I've had a caravan up there for 12 years, that's why I decided to move up there, it's fantastic I love it."

The inquest heard Mr Lewis had only had the Hilux, his work vehicle, for six months. As he went round the bend where he would meet Mr Barlow he slowed down to 41mph - a speed which was later confirmed by the airbag module on his truck.

"It's a winding road and it's quite a dangerous road if you don't know it," Mr Lewis said.

"It's national speed limit but a lot of people go a lot faster down it. That particular corner that Kyle didn't see is one of the worst."

Mr Lewis recalled seeing Mr Barlow 'almost clip' the car in front of him and, a motorcyclist himself, could