The dad of a teenage biker who died after a crash on Snake Pass has criticised an offer of compensation from the police as an 'insult'. Darren Wakefield's son George, 19, died when the motorcycle he was riding hit an oncoming vehicle, leaving him with several broken bones and resulting in medical complications that led to his death.
The car which hit Mr Wakefield had been attempting to manoeuvre around a parked police van and recovery vehicle that had been dealing with an abandoned motorcycle, DerbyshireLive reports. An inquest found that both the position of the police vehicle and the police management of the recovery contributed to George's death.
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