A DAD died in a motorbike tragedy just days after his mum warned him he “would kill himself” on a bike, an inquest heard. Scott Edwards, 30, told his mother he planned to buy one to ride through the countryside – but Wendy Tinsley begged him not to make the purchase. However, just three days […]
A DAD died in a motorbike tragedy just days after his mum warned him he “would kill himself” on a bike, an inquest heard.
Scott Edwards, 30, told his mother he planned to buy one to ride through the countryside – but Wendy Tinsley begged him not to make the purchase.
However, just three days after her pleas, father-of-one Scott bought a bike, despite not having the correct licence to ride it.
He then took it for a spin from his hometown of Wrexham, North Wales, towards Dolgellau with his cousin Ryan Roden.
Telecom engineer Scott later fatally smashed into the side of a VW Golf on the A494 on May 31 last year.
In a statement, Ryan said: “I said, ‘if you want to go fast go on a track’ and he said he would slow down.
“There was a lot of traffic on the roads that day. On our way to Bala I started at the front but then he went in front.
“I noticed that when he went to overtake there were no safety checks, no indication, no looking over his shoulder and he was going generally too fast for oncoming hazards.
“We stopped and I told him I’d had enough and was going to go home if he didn’t slow down and he said he would, but then he started going too fast again for approaching hazards.
“He was too fast for the bend and went head-on into an oncoming car.”
Paying tribute to her son, mum Wendy said he had developed a passion for motorbikes form the age of five and had ridden motocross with his brother and sister.
In a statement, she said Scott had a “heart of gold” and was “exceptionally great dad” to seven-year-old daughter Amaya.
Following his tragic death, Scott’s partner Faye Avis revealed he had been “plucking up the courage” to propose to her.
She said: “He has shown me what true love feels like and for that I will always thank him.
“There will never be a second, a minute, an hour that will go by where someone won’t be thinking of him.”
Ian Thompson, of North Wales Police, said Scott “had no motorcycle licence” and estimated he was travelling “60 to 70mph at the time of the collision”.
The inquest in Caernarfon heard the crash was “unavoidable” for driver Peter Wass who was travelling at around 40mph.
Toxicology reports showed Scott had cocaine in his system and was three and half times the drug-drive limit.
Acting senior coroner Katie Sutherland said: “During the ride, he lost control and veered across the carriageway and collided with the approaching VW golf.
“He died at the scene.”
