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Nicole Goodwin

Tyneside family pay tribute to 'doting' dad who died in 'freak' motorbike crash

The family of a doting dad who died after a motorcycle accident while on holiday will pay tribute to him by hosting a coffee morning in his memory.

Steven Ferguson was on holiday riding motorbikes in the Isle of Man with his friends when he was involved in what has been described as a "freak accident" on August 31 last year. The 59-year-old, from Wideopen, was out riding with his friends when he crashed on the A36 Sloc Road and suffered leg and chest injuries.

The mother of his child, Sharon Potts, said: "He'd ridden bikes on the Isle of Man for the last few years. He wasn't racing, he was just out riding with his friends, and I've been told he wasn't driving fast. We think maybe there was something on the road, because his friends couldn't explain what happened, it was just a freak accident."

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