Flowers have been left in tribute to a motorcyclist from Nottinghamshire who died in a crash in Dorset. Police officers responded to a single-vehicle road traffic collision on Portland Beach Road, Portland, involving a white Honda motorcycle at 2.43am on Saturday morning (August 27).
The rider of the motorcycle – a man aged in his 50s from Nottinghamshire – was taken to hospital for treatment. Dorset Police have confirmed he later died in hospital and his next of kin has been informed.
The A354 between Victoria Square and Chesil Vista was closed throughout Saturday morning to allow police officers to investigate the circumstances of the crash. Dorset Live reports since the fatal collision flowers have been tied and taped to pedestrian fencing near to Victoria Square Roundabout to remember the motorcyclist.