POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 29-year-old motorcyclist was killed in an accident near Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Stuart David McCarthy, of Westhoughton, Bolton, was riding with a group of five bikers when the crash occurred at 9.05pm on the B6479 at Selside, last Thursday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by an ambulance crew.
Police say the group had been heading towards Ribblehead and had entered the county via the A682 and A65 roads.
Officers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the crash or saw the group beforehand.
Anyone who can help should contact Sgt Les Moorhouse at the Skipton Road Policing Unit on 0845 6060 247.
An inquest into Mr McCarthy’s death was opened and adjourned by North Yorkshire coroner Geoff Fell at Harrogate on Monday.
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