A motorcycle rider was thrown to his death after colliding with a Smart car yards from a busy railway station.
Witnesses said the biker, said to be in his 40s, was flung over the handlebars after the smash in Ferry Lane, near Tottenham Hale station at 7.45pm last night.
The wreckage of his silver moped, with a courier’s parcel-box on the back, was strewn across the road which was closed to traffic for almost five hours.
The driver of the black Smart car is said to have rushed from his vehicle to give the biker first aid in the road until paramedics arrived.
Anastazja Lukaz, 44, said: “The motorbike tried to accelerate in front of the car as they were turning into Ferry Lane. I heard a loud thud and then the car spun around twice and stopped.
“The driver got to the man in the road first and tried to save him.”
Dylan Chiromerides, another eyewitness, said: “The scooter was in the middle of the street completely torn to shreds, there were pieces of it all around the area.
“A policeman said the driver had gone over the handlebars and died. It was a really horrible and upsetting sight.
“It is a busy road but because it was quite late at night there weren’t so many cars.”
The driver of the Smart car was taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries and shock. He has not been arrested.
A Met spokesman said: “Police were called at around 7.45pm to reports of a collision between a car and a motorcycle on Ferry Lane near the junction with Mill Mead Road.
“Officers and LAS attended but the motorcyclist, thought to be a man in his 40’s, was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Anyone who witnessed this incident should contact police at the Roads and Transport Policing Command at Alperton on 020 8991 9555 or by dialling 101.
