Monday, 27 January 2014 - 3:01pm |
Canterbury

Name released in motorcycle fatality

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Police have released the name of the man killed in a motorcycling crash on a West Melton farm on Saturday [25 January].

He was Kenneth William Millar, aged 27, of Christchurch.

Police and ambulance services were contacted at around 5.10pm on Saturday.

Enquiries indicate Mr Millar and a friend were riding farm bikes on a farm property on West Coast Road (SH73), when his motorcycle collided at speed with irrigation equipment.

Mr Millar died at the scene.

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