Biker killed on South Coast at Ifafa

The tragic accident comes ahead of the much-anticipated South Coast Bike Festival this weekend.

Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to a collision on the Ifafa River Bridge on the R102 at 11.41am.

Reports from the scene indicate that the biker and his female passenger were traveling northwards when the bike veered off the road and crashed into a concrete bridge pillar.

Picture: Netcare 911

Exact details to the cause of the crash and preceding events will however remain a subject for police investigation.

Chris Botha, spokesman for Netcare 911 said that paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the man had already died, due to the extensive injuries he had sustained.

His passenger was found to have sustained serious injuries. Paramedics stabilised the woman at the scene before she was taken to hospital by another private ambulance service.

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