Witness Appealing Following Fatal RTC On Walton Lane, Walton
Update: 07.09.12
Merseyside Police can confirm that the 37-year-old
cyclist involved in a fatal collision with a motorcycle on Walton
Lane, Walton last night (Thursday, September 6), died from head
injuries.
A Home Office post mortem was carried out this
afternoon (Friday, September 7) to establish the man's cause of
death.
Update: 07.09.12
Officers from Merseyside Police's Roads Policing
Department are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a
white van driver and a taxi driver following a fatal RTC in Walton
last night (Monday, September 6).
Officers investigating the RTC on Walton Lane, in
which a 37-year-old man died, are appealing for witnesses to the
collision involving a blue and white Yamaha motorcycle and a
cyclist.
They are particularly keen to speak to the drivers of
a van similar to a white Ford Transit Connect that was parked at
the site of the collision at around 6.30pm and a black Hackney cab
that passed by the scene immediately afterwards.
Police do not believe the drivers of the van were
involved in the incident and would like to speak to them as
witnesses.
Officers are conducting house-to-house enquiries and
are seeking CCTV.
A 22-year-old man from Walton has been arrested on
suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
A Home Office post mortem to establish the cause of
death of the 37-year-old man will take place this afternoon.
Anyone with any information is asked to call
Merseyside Police on 0151 777 5444, or Crimestoppers, anonymously,
on 0800 555 111.
Update 7.9.2012
Merseyside Police has arrested a 22-year-old man from Walton on
suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal
road traffic collision on Walton Lane last night (Thursday, 6
September 2012).
He will be questioned by officers at a police station on
Merseyside.
Walton Lane was reopened to traffic at about 10.30pm last
night.
And the condition of the 22-year-old motorcyclist is no longer
described as serious.
Merseyside Police are appealing for witnesses to a
fatal Road traffic collision in Walton this evening (Thursday, 6
September, 2012) to come forward.
At about 6.30pm emergency services were called to
Walton Lane near to Florence Street to a report of a road traffic
collision involving a pedal cycle and a motorcycle.
The pedal cyclist, a 37-year-old man, was taken to
Fazakerley Hospital where he later died.
The motorcyclist, a 22-year-old man from Walton, has
been taken to Fazakerley Hospital, where his condition is described
as serious.
The scene has been cordoned off for examination and
CCTV is being sought from the area.
An investigation into the full circumstances of the
incident is underway.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area at the present
time.
Officers are appealing to anyone who may have
witnessed the incident, or anyone with information to contact
them.
Anyone with information is asked to contact traffic
officers at the Roads Policing Unit on 0151 777 5444, or
Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.