'Kind and gentle' plasterer, 20, died in high-speed moped crash on way to work

A moped rider was travelling at more than double the speed limit when he was killed in crash, an inquest has heard.

Lewis Turner, 20 was riding at speeds of between 66-69mph at the time of the incident, meaning that he would have only had around two seconds to react to the car that he collided with at a junction. An inquest at Preston Coroner's Court heard that Mr Turner was a plasterer and had been driving from his home in Chorley, Lancashire, to his boss’s house where he had planned to do some work.

He crashed into a car being driven a man named Ryan Youngs, at the junction of Wham Lane and Sheephill Lane, New Longton, at around 8.20am on August 21 last year. Mr Youngs slowed down at the junction, where he was required to give way, but did not come to a complete stop, LancsLive reports.

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Based on CCTV evidence, collision investigator PC Jason Colclough said Mr Youngs could see a distance of around 30 metres when he removed the brakes to cross the junction. Had he gone a little further, he would have been able to see twice as far.

However, Mr Colclough also said the evidence from CCTV footage indicated that Mr Turner was travelling at speeds of between 66-69mph, meaning he covered around 30 metres every second, and that he would still have been out of view if Mr Youngs had gone all the way to the stop line.

He also said that upon seeing Mr Youngs’ vehicle at the junction, Mr Turner would only have had around two seconds to react and take evasive action. If travelling within the speed limit, he would have had double the time and only needed to apply light braking to avoid a collision.

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