Plea after fatal bike accident

Mar 26 2009 by George Topp, Lanark & Carluke

A 28-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist died following a road crash on the A70 Lang Whang on Saturday.

The crash happened around 1.40pm, near the village of Tarbrax, and involved a Peugeot 307 and a Honda motorcycle.

The motorcyclist died at the scene.

He was later named as Campbell Calder from Bathgate.

A woman who was driving the car involved in the accident was uninjured but badly shaken afterwards.

A report on the incident is being prepared for the procurator fiscal at Lanark.

Constable Joanne Johnson is making inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Witnesses are asked to contact her at the Road Policing department at Motherwell, telephone 01698 483124.