York motorcylist in fatal horsebox collision named

A York motorcyclist who died following a collision with a horsebox has been named.

Simon Parker, 37, from Bolton Percy, died following the collision on the A1079 in Market Weighton on Saturday.

Mr Parker had been riding a silver Suzuki SB1000 SK3 motorcycle towards York when he was in collision with the light blue Ford Cargo horsebox driven by a 59-year-old East Yorkshire woman.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, Humberside Police said.

The fire and ambulance service and a doctor attended the scene and the road was closed for arounf four hours until about 2130hrs to allow the scene to be examined and the vehicles to be recovered.

Anyone who may have seen either vehicle prior to the collision or who may have witnessed the collision itself, which happened at around 5.30pm, is asked to contact the traffic department at Driffield on 0845 60 60 222 referring to log 569 of March 12 2011